[Magdalen] Slaw.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I'm not actually sure just how the one is supposed to be pronounced. I mean
I sort of know, but have kind of given up on it.
As for IN-tuh-rest  versus IN-trist, I think it's just that the schwa of
the "ter" syllable has gotten so short we don't even notice it anymore,
although of course it's there, even if only for a micro-second.
One of the things about learning a language is how to throw away the
unstressed syllables properly. The over stressing is what gives the
non-native speaker away very quickly.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> IN-tresting and IN-trest it is!  And WHO is indeed Hoo.  At least in my
> neck of the woods.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 3/16/2016 2:08 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>
>> It's funny how we can have these little things we never quite got.  I
>> thought for years that "interest" was pronounced "IN-trest" as well as
>> "IN-trest-ing", "IN-trest-ed" etc. And it wasn't til my wife told me that
>> Who isn't "Hoo".
>>
>> But then, I'm from Western PA, where, when we clean house, we say we "red
>> up."  And nobody knows why.
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:52 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> In a message dated 3/15/2016 11:22:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> mjl at ix.netcom.com writes:
>>>
>>> Where do  others here fall in the slawness of  life?>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I like it a bit nippy as do you.
>>>
>>> It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I realized it wasn't "cold
>>> slaw."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Strang.
>>>
>>> .
>>
>>
>