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CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 17, 2017, 10:49:56 am ---Re photobucket: I long ago stopped using it to post photos here. I just post them directly from the sites. Isn't the main roblem that the photos might not show up or, if they do, that eventually their locations could change and they'll disappear? That may pose a problem when future generations write the history of BetterMost, but for now it saves a few steps. Or am I breaking some rule of the internet?
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Well, this is my understanding, but I could be wrong.
If you link a picture directly from another site, you are causing them to use more bandwidth, which affects how their site works, and can cost them money.
If you link from Photobucket, the site is dedicated to hosting pics, so if you post a pic you find from Photobucket, you are not affecting another site's bandwidth.
Sason:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 17, 2017, 11:07:46 am ---I never say it (like I said, my folks was from Iowa), but if you teach me the proper pronunciation, maybe I'll start. I'll go around saying it in a Swedish accent and confusing everyone, and whenever I hear anyone pronounce it the Minnesota way I'll snootily correct them! :laugh:
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I'll be happy to! ;D
Problem is, you have to hear it, coz the 'sch'-sound doesn't exist in English.
I've googled for it, but can't find anywhere you can listen to it :(
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Sason on February 17, 2017, 05:14:46 pm ---I'll be happy to! ;D
Problem is, you have to hear it, coz the 'sch'-sound doesn't exist in English.
I've googled for it, but can't find anywhere you can listen to it :(
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I just yesterday learned that ceviche should be pronounced like se-BEE-chay. So now I can be authentic about that.
We have a "sch" sound, but I can't imagine how it would fit into uff-dah.
Of course, English being confusing as it is, our "sch" can be pronounced K like in school, SH like in the name Fisch, and maybe some others.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on February 17, 2017, 11:12:11 am ---Well, this is my understanding, but I could be wrong.
If you link a picture directly from another site, you are causing them to use more bandwidth, which affects how their site works, and can cost them money.
If you link from Photobucket, the site is dedicated to hosting pics, so if you post a pic you find from Photobucket, you are not affecting another site's bandwidth.
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Good point, Chuck. I think you're right, or at least that was the case back when we all started using Photobucket. Photos are so widely shared these days I don't know if it's still as much of a factor, but in any case I decided I don't care if it's a big commercial site.
If it's a smaller, more struggling operation, I'll try to be sensitive to this in the future.
Sason:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 18, 2017, 12:18:13 pm ---I just yesterday learned that ceviche should be pronounced like se-BEE-chay. So now I can be authentic about that.
We have a "sch" sound, but I can't imagine how it would fit into uff-dah.
Of course, English being confusing as it is, our "sch" can be pronounced K like in school, SH like in the name Fisch, and maybe some others.
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The "sch" is pronounced differently depending on where in Sweden you're from. In northern Sweden it's pronounced almost like "sh" in English fish, but in southern Sweden where I live the sound is very different and not like any sound existing in English.
If you put your lips in a kissing position, and blow out air between them, you'll get a little taste of what the sound is.
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