Perhaps I should take one step forward every time I want to change the
subject of the conversation since in essence it IS a new paragraph....?

:D


qalam@yahoogroups.com wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 01:19:18 -0700
> From: "Tex Texin" <tex@...>
> Subject: RE: Spoken Italics
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> Be glad it wasn't bold and then you would have had to puff yourself up
> first.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: qalam@yahoogroups.com [mailto:qalam@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark
> E. Shoulson
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:56 PM
> To: qalam@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Spoken Italics
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> Quote from:
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> http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/indiana-jones/lucasarts-promises-euphoria-17011
> 6.php
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> which is apparently a review of a game called "euphoria":
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> "Note that apparently /euphoria/ is properly spelled in lowercase italics.
> When speaking the name out loud, LucasArts requests that you lean forward
> approximately twenty degrees."
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> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:08:33 +0200
> From: "Marco Cimarosti" <marco_cimarosti@...>
> Subject: Re: Spoken Italics
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> Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
>> [...]
>> "Note that apparently /euphoria/ is properly spelled in lowercase
>> italics. When speaking the name out loud, LucasArts requests that you
>> lean forward approximately twenty degrees."
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> I wonder: does IPA, or any other current system of phonetic transcription,
> have a symbol for "lean forward approximately N degrees"?
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