would that be a zed-like sound US style as in zeeeee or UK sound like Z in
zoom ;)
- how is it that americans pronounce Z as zeeee
jb
At 08:55 AM 8/11/00 -0800, Dennis Taylor wrote:
>[ahem] well, *someone* missed the thread. :-)
>
>The use of "lose" in this context is correct. "loose" would be wrong.
>
>"lose" is pronounced with a zed-like sound for the s, and it means
>more-or-less the opposite of "find". "loose" is pronounced with a hard s,
>like the beginning of "say", and means more-or-less the opposite of "tight".
>
>And BTW just to avoid the egg-on-face effect, I checked these factoids in
>the Tormont Webster's Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary, ISBN
>2-921171-32-5, just before posting this. So don't give me any backtalk.
>
>-- Brought to you by the "your/you're" guy.
>
>
>At 04:18 PM 8/10/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>Lisa,
>>
>>This is not a technical answer.
>>
>>It's supposed to be "loose", not "lose".
>>
>>There was a very important grammatical thread on this a while back
>>that you mave have missed. :)
>>ep
>>
>>Date sent: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:47:49 -0800
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>>
>>> How on earth did PL/SQL lose track of the TRUNC function?? Has anyone seen
>>..........................^^^^
>
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