Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2)

[puzzlegal]

@thorny_locust

Whether the father did better than his promise or worse than his promise depends entirely on what the daughter thinks of it. Did he ask her? If not, did he notice her reaction when he told her? If she said “No, Daddy, what I wanted was to see the movie!” then he did worse. If she said “Great! That’s even better than I asked for!” then he did better. If he neither asked her nor paid any attention to her reaction when he changed the deal, then he should have.

Exactly this.

[Johanna]

How to pronounce the -ing in eating or going. I didn’t answer the poll because none of the answers was true for me. The -ing in finger is pronounced /ɪŋg/, but in eating or going it’s pronounced /ɪŋ/. So not the same as any of the choices. If the poll had asked “-ing as in singer,” I would have chosen that, because it doesn’t have the sound /g/ after the velar nasal /ŋ/.

This illustrates why I say that literacy has made us deaf to the sounds of our own language. We come to believe that words are made of letters, but they’re not. Words are made of sounds.

Finger /ˈfɪŋgɚ/
Singer /ˈsɪŋɚ/ - Hear the difference?
Eating /ˈiːtɪŋ/
Going /ˈgoʊɪŋ/

[Spiderman]

@by-tor’s Starburst poll. I don’t particularly like 'em & don’t think I’ve ever bought a bag of 'em; therefore, I cannot make an informed decision on their distribution in a bag.

[DrDeth]

@Spiderman

I don’t particularly like 'em & don’t think I’ve ever bought a bag of 'em; therefore, I cannot make an informed decision on their distribution in a bag.

Same here,

[thorny_locust]

I don’t know how many steps I take in an average day. I don’t count them, nor do I wear a counter.

I do know that it varies considerably. And that I have to get off the computer and go do something that will involve quite a few of them.

[Loach]

Since my current back problems my step count is approximately 3.

Slightly exaggerated.

[Dr.Drake]

I checked my fitbit account, which I’ve had for an unbelievable ten years. 9634 / day average in that period.

[Thudlow_Boink]

@thorny_locust

I don’t know how many steps I take in an average day. I don’t count them, nor do I wear a counter.

Yeah. If it had been an option, I would have chosen “How the hell should I know?” Since it wasn’t, I couldn’t answer.

[Procrustus]

10,000 steps is my daily goal, but I probably only hit it around 2 times per week. Other days vary considerable, from 2,000 to 8,000. So, I averaged it out. (roughly)

Without my watch keeping track, I’d have no idea whatsoever. I’m sometimes surprised (in either direction) when I look to see how many steps I have at the end of the day. (I have counted how many steps from our bedroom to our kitchen. I really have to want another glass of wine to make the trek.)

[Maserschmidt]

My walking steps vary wildly. I walk 5K most days, but then I might also mow the lawn or do some other kind of yardwork. On the other hand, on duplicate bridge day, not much walking at all happens.

I said 8-10, but who knows.

[DaveUnknown]

@Johanna

If the poll had asked “-ing as in singer,” I would have chosen that, because it doesn’t have the sound /g/ after the velar nasal /ŋ/.

I addressed that a couple posts above i.e. “singer” would have been a better example. My main point was to see if people actually heard themselves pronouncing words like “eating” because in some places it sounds like “eateen” (as in the -ine in “latrine”). I dont know the phonetics.

[Spiderman]

I’m on the high side on step count.