tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post4801560132516938086..comments2023-04-22T12:32:24.799-07:00Comments on The House of Substance: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don'tSubstance McGravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-9833975639683526362011-01-13T19:44:58.281-08:002011-01-13T19:44:58.281-08:00I fed my goats two lensed hay and it turned out th...I fed my goats two lensed hay and it turned out they could see me through the wall. Freaked me out, truth to tell. <br /><br />But goats are pretty tight-lipped, it turns out, and they never even posted anything on GoatBook...<br /><br />W/V has gone around the bend. "gorefast". So many possibilities I'm just all locked up...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-41268365547804972622011-01-13T14:50:45.903-08:002011-01-13T14:50:45.903-08:00Substance: Substantially correct, yes. "pay&q...Substance: Substantially correct, yes. "pay", the three dots, followed (on the left, it's a left-to-right script) by a "do-chashmi hay" (lit. two-lensed "hay"), which is usually used to mark aspirated consonants. Aspiration and retroflexion are probably the trickiest part of Urdu/Hindi pronunciation for English-speakers.Mandoshttp://politblogo.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-54292948031307297382011-01-13T13:28:25.538-08:002011-01-13T13:28:25.538-08:00Pronunciation schmonunciation. Anyhoo, there'...Pronunciation schmonunciation. Anyhoo, there's no puh-hool like an old puh-hool.<br /><br />WV: Snonsit, the snootiest part of Nantucket.tigrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-59701792189400741202011-01-13T10:41:31.229-08:002011-01-13T10:41:31.229-08:00Rats. That doesn't display well.
Anyway down...Rats. That doesn't display well.<br /><br />Anyway down here at pe:<br /><br />http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/urdu/Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-74871148975395702782011-01-13T10:40:01.834-08:002011-01-13T10:40:01.834-08:00So this? پھSo this? پھSubstance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-68951310338794894692011-01-13T10:19:32.730-08:002011-01-13T10:19:32.730-08:00Not to be a party-pooper or anything, but the &quo...Not to be a party-pooper or anything, but the "Ph" is not pronounced "F"---it's an aspirated /p^h/, meaning you breathe through the letter p. It means "Flower" in Urdu (mother tongue).<br /><br />The blasphemy laws are mostly about using the state to enforce vendettas, and the situation was created by the cynical General Zia, so no one is immune.Mandoshttp://politblogo.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-74227683412702253522011-01-13T09:47:49.228-08:002011-01-13T09:47:49.228-08:00It's the elder Phool you have to look out for....It's the elder Phool you have to look out for.<br />Religious nuts, what would the world do without them? Progress?Hamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-65125787610695744312011-01-13T08:49:41.654-08:002011-01-13T08:49:41.654-08:00What can you expect from a Phool?What can you expect from a Phool?mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com