tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post925037923534485499..comments2024-03-22T13:57:42.835-04:00Comments on Wishydig: You should have heard it before I said itWishydighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-23911410974409438632007-08-29T21:36:00.000-04:002007-08-29T21:36:00.000-04:00Yes, you are quite charitable, and it has reminded...Yes, you are quite charitable, and it has reminded me to be so as well. I suppose she is really just evidence of two things: a less than stellar educational system; and the creepy monster called "Pageant" that destroys people on a regular basis.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-17136464571766210042007-08-29T21:33:00.000-04:002007-08-29T21:33:00.000-04:00I'm glad someone else is being compassionate. I wi...I'm glad someone else is being compassionate. I wish everyone would cut the girl some slack.Insignificant Wranglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15950540902913057757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-9941208469630872852007-08-29T07:37:00.000-04:002007-08-29T07:37:00.000-04:00Nice recovery by A/C Slater...he's like...like...s...Nice recovery by A/C Slater...he's like...like...so dreamy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-27230061790671987902007-08-28T23:08:00.000-04:002007-08-28T23:08:00.000-04:00I first heard Miss Upton on the radio, framed not ...I first heard Miss Upton on the radio, framed not very flatteringly by the country music DJ. I found her response pretty laughable and judged it unfairly given my bias against her South Carolinian accent and what seemed to be an attempt to sound intelligent. Even the second time, her "uh" right before "some" sounded like Osama to me, which didn't help matters.<BR/><BR/>Take luck.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486681777716496640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-82450527075829007132007-08-28T18:38:00.000-04:002007-08-28T18:38:00.000-04:00I'll get back to you on that Casey.Oh yes--Jaŋari:...I'll get back to you on that Casey.<BR/><BR/>Oh yes--Jaŋari: I heard that affricate in there and I think she cut it short when the mic moved away. I had the "ch-" written in there for a while but I removed it for some reason.Wishydighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-74572507923539838332007-08-28T18:08:00.000-04:002007-08-28T18:08:00.000-04:00Michael, I've been meaning to ask you (and this is...Michael, I've been meaning to ask you (and this is the perfect time):<BR/><BR/>Do you think there's any reason at all that "our generation" chose to insert the word "like" whenever it seemed (un)necessary? The filler-word could as well have been "so" or "see" or "shimmy" or anything else, right?<BR/><BR/>The answer that would be most titillating here has to do with "correspondence" and <I>likeness</I>, but I'm mostly confident that you won't gratify me that much.Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820693522030084335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-58417365724562495712007-08-28T14:08:00.000-04:002007-08-28T14:08:00.000-04:00pc: Yeah. That name/state label thing symbolizes f...pc: Yeah. That name/state label thing symbolizes for me "the whole game" which is why I don't like it.<BR/><BR/>Of course the manner in which anyone wants to show pride is their business more than mine. If its even my business at all.<BR/><BR/>j: There are some absolute conflations of the final consonant of "can" and "can't" in AE as well. I think I have that topic backlogged somewhere.Wishydighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-18942087399314398382007-08-28T11:07:00.000-04:002007-08-28T11:07:00.000-04:00w/r/t "South Carolina" v. "Lauren Caitlin Upton" -...w/r/t "South Carolina" v. "Lauren Caitlin Upton" - Actually, it seems like the goal of contestants in pageants - at least nominally - IS to represent their home state, home town, home nation, etc. She is, in a presumably very prideful way, supposed to BE (to embody) South Carolina; she is not there to be Lauren Caitlin Upton. This is why they have people from every state, and why pageants start at the local level, moving up to regional, state, nation, etc.<BR/><BR/>Not saying I agree with pageants (I had a lot of experience with them growing up - don't ask - and they are very, very scary), and also not saying that it's a *good* thing that they are supposed to be depersonalized in this way. But that is kind of the whole game, so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-82043461486806626662007-08-28T08:32:00.000-04:002007-08-28T08:32:00.000-04:00When I heard this the first time, I thought the pr...When I heard this the first time, I thought the premise of the question was given as "(only) a fifth of Americans <I>can</I> locate the US of a world map" (I thought I heard the 'only' only in retrospect, to make sense of the seemingly stressed '<I>can</I>'). Obviously I now know I heard it wrong, but the fact that I heard it as I did, is interesting.<BR/><BR/>US pronunciation conflates the vowel in (stressed) <I>can</I> and <I>can't</I>, in both length and quality, and the two differ only by the non-released 't', which surfaces as a glottal closure. They are [kæ:n] and [kæ:nʡ]. In my pronunciation however, these two are much more distinct. The vowel quality and length is different, [kæn] versus [ka:nʡ]. Then, thinking I heard a stressed 'can' (my laptop speakers are terrible), it would only have made sense if it were '<I>only</I> a fifth' as opposed to merely 'a fifth'.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for that completely irrelevant nonsense.<BR/><BR/>Is it true though, that a fifth of Americans <I>can't</I> locate the US on a map? That's appalling if it is.<BR/><BR/>And by the way, at the very end, when the microphone is moved away, it appears as though she said 'future for our children', though it's hard to tell, her pathological smile isn't highly conducive to audible speech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com