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Post by Calidore on Oct 3, 2023 8:12:17 GMT -5
PSA: If anyone knows someone in an abusive situation who keeps a hidden phone, make sure they know to power that phone off completely today into Thursday so the signal won't be heard.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 3, 2023 8:55:41 GMT -5
The phones will sound for 30 minutes. This is not correct, George.
It is simply the annual WEA/EAS test. They have done this before. The window for the WEA (cell phone text) test is 30 minutes. The individual test message/tone is not. It should be similar in length to any AMBER-type alert if you've ever gotten one of those.
The EAS test will be broadcast on radio and TV for approximately one minute.
Here's a link to the actual joint press release from FEMA/FCC:
I'm keeping an eye out for black helicopters and JFK, Jr. when the alarm sounds, just in case.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 3, 2023 9:50:01 GMT -5
Coyote...
"yott" or "yodee"?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2023 10:13:47 GMT -5
Coyote... "yott" or "yodee"? I grew up in the Northeast area of the US and it was always “yodee” (like the cartoon character). I then went to college and ended up living in New Mexico in the Southwest for 5 years (and saw actual coyotes frequently). They pronounced it “yote”. I now stick to the latter since I’ve had the “authentic experience” if you will (kind of like I do the proper pronunciation of Quebec since living near there as well), but ultimately either coyote is ok, more just regional.
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Post by Calidore on Oct 3, 2023 10:16:51 GMT -5
They'll turn up in or around Chicago occasionally, and we pronounce the 'e'.
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Post by Confessor on Oct 3, 2023 10:54:34 GMT -5
Coyote... "yott" or "yodee"? As an Englander I've always pronounced it "Kuy-o-tee"
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Post by driver1980 on Oct 3, 2023 11:12:44 GMT -5
Coyote... "yott" or "yodee"? As an Englander I've always pronounced it "Kuy-o-tee" Same here.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 3, 2023 11:24:06 GMT -5
We pronounce that final “e.”
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 3, 2023 11:44:05 GMT -5
Coyote... "yott" or "yodee"? Considering the linguistic origin of the word (Spanish borrowed and modified from Aztec), the final "e" should be pronounced along with the preceding "T" as its own syllable. Even within this, dialect differences will vary it from "tee" (long E) to "tay" or "teh". In most cases, the 2nd syllable carries the primary accent inflection. the final syllable is never accented.
Use of the final "e" as a silent "e" is largely due to early Anglicized use in the southwestern USA and is not heard much outside of that area.
When referring to this animal, I prefer the term, "nuisance" instead; just one step above the term, "vermin".
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2023 11:58:24 GMT -5
I don’t think there’s a “right” way when you have long-standing regional differences. One’s not “more right”, they simply are what they are as the passage of time evolved pronunciations, sometimes more localized than others.
Coyote is just another flavor of Oregon or pecan to me.
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 3, 2023 12:00:41 GMT -5
I don’t think there’s a “right” way when you have long-standing regional differences. One’s not “more right”, they simply are what they are as the passage of time evolved pronunciations, sometimes more localized than others. Coyote is just another flavor of Oregon or pecan to me.
Shut your mouth and pass me a pop... er, a soda... um, I mean a "coke"... oh, I mean a "cold drank"...no wait.. a soft drink... yeah, that's it.
I totally see your point.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2023 12:06:12 GMT -5
I don’t think there’s a “right” way when you have long-standing regional differences. One’s not “more right”, they simply are what they are as the passage of time evolved pronunciations, sometimes more localized than others. Coyote is just another flavor of Oregon or pecan to me.
Shut your mouth and pass me a pop... er, a soda... um, I mean a "coke"... no wait.. a soft drink... yeah, that's it. I kid you not, the first month after I moved to Ohio, I’m in the hall at school and a lady asks me where the pop machine is. I just stare blankly and then sound out slowly “pop…machine…I’m sorry, I don’t know what that is.” She looks at me really strangely, and says something like “um…like Coke?” I go “Oh! You mean soda, yeah that’s down the hall and to the left.” I swear she thought I was loco.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 3, 2023 12:43:45 GMT -5
I don’t think there’s a “right” way when you have long-standing regional differences. One’s not “more right”, they simply are what they are as the passage of time evolved pronunciations, sometimes more localized than others. Coyote is just another flavor of Oregon or pecan to me.
Shut your mouth and pass me a pop... er, a soda... um, I mean a "coke"... oh, I mean a "cold drank"...no wait.. a soft drink... yeah, that's it.
I totally see your point.
I think you mean “tonic.”
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 3, 2023 13:15:39 GMT -5
Shut your mouth and pass me a pop... er, a soda... um, I mean a "coke"... oh, I mean a "cold drank"...no wait.. a soft drink... yeah, that's it.
I totally see your point.
I think you mean “tonic.”
Perhaps, but I sure didn't mean "colonic".
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 3, 2023 14:32:55 GMT -5
Up here in the byootiful Pacific Nor'west, we say "kiYOtee."
Cei-U! That's pronounced "say YOU!"
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