someone just used the greeting "hello poptarts" and i like it quite well, so i'm going to blatantly and proudly purloin it... hello, poptarts! mmm, that was nice. ach! have you newyork listees realized that the looper show (in 2 weeks, 2 days!) is part of this silly digital club fest thing? you can buy a badge for $50 and see all the bands that are part of the festival (and actually this is quite cheap and impressive, considering the number of amazing bands)... some shows you can see individually -- like looper -- and some you MUST have a badge to see -- like the promise ring, which makes me so, so sad... i despair of ever catching them live... anyway, i wonder if, if there's all these privileged people with badges running around, and the shows are all first come, first serve regardless, will we have trouble getting into the looper show? i haven't bought tix yet, as my paycheck arrives next thursday... perhaps i'm just a worrier. oh, the pronunciation thing: --- Mark Kolmar <mark@burningrome.com> wrote:

In American English, consonants don't take their full value as much as in British English (exceptions include "r" after a vowel).

this would be because Standard American English is rhotic, that is, retaining the "r" sound. except in places like boston, where the dialect is conservative -- more like Received Pronunciation. sheesh, i'm a nerd, but i took this history of the english language class and.... [trails off and notices the withered looks on 1,000 faces] oh, well, yes, of course this is boring and not interesting to 75% of you... i just find it interesting... oh, i'm doing that self-centered I Am A Student thing again, aren't i? oh, okay. fine. i'll be quiet now. xoxo, marie === ********************************************************** "I was a proper snob in college, as only a future lifetime English major can be" - b. glass (j.d.s.) ********************************************************** _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+