Re: question on sampa representation

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From: "Joe Fatula" <fatula3@...>

> > Chutzpah? J. C. Wells?
>
> Tristan, if you're wondering why he gave a phonetic transcription of
> "chutzpah", I have the same question.
John gave it, I believe, because he was demonstrating to me the difference
between the /U/ sound and the /V/ sound.
Put, pull, and putter, pun--in Americanese.

> But if you're wondering what chutzpah
> is, it's about the same as "guts" or "balls".  Fortitude and strength of
> will, and the willingness to make it known.  I don't know how best to
> explain it.  It's not in your dictionary?
She walked right up to the governor, after his speech about improving
education, and while the cameras were still rolling she asked him
point-blank whether he had ever seen the inside of a university.  Now THAT
took chutzpah.

It often has the connotations of violating social delicacies in its
brazenness and riskiness.  "Man, he's got chutzpah, but will he have a
family when he gets home?"


Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."

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