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This is all great. Lucretia, this makes me think it is time for a podcast about this. Would some of you who entered into this discussion care to record some segments for the show? It could be exactly what you have been writing here or variations on it. Please think about it. It would be very helpful...

Many words have two equally acceptable pronunciation, such as often, being pronounced either with or without a voiced "t." Dictionary.com offers POO-mah (non-liquid "u") as an acceptable alternative but my American Heritage Dictionary only lists the liquid "u" (PYOO-mah...

Congratulations, Julia! Bravo!

Incredible! Thanks for posting! My favorite so far: She slinked through my door wearing a dress that looked like it had been painted on … not with good paint, like Behr or Sherwin-Williams, but with that watered-down stuff that bubbles up right away if you don’t prime the surface before you slap it ...

The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling read by Philippa (russiandoll) Listened to a few minutes of it and then immediately registered at LibriVox. Went back later that month and listened while driving. Drove around the city a little aimlessly in order to be able to finish the story. One of th...

I'm not quite done listening yet, but Bob, you do impress me every time. And the interview form really works well :clap: Thank you so very much, Nadine! I really appreciate your saying so. :D I loved the interviews in this show, too. I got to try out some new techniques with one of them and I think...

Masa san,

That feature is slick! I had not seen it before. Excellent!

Bob

Bob - a comment on the Podcast 128 blog post: http://librivox.org/2012/07/01/librivox-community-podcast-128/comment-page-1/#comment-349519 Thanks, Tricia! :D I'll get in touch with the poster and see what he has in mind. (Edit to add: Although I think it's a spammer, since he says to email but does...

It was really good! A nice mix of information, as well! Honestly, I didn't even know we did a podcast (as ashamed as I am to admit that!). But I am forwarding that info to all of my non-LV friends, just to let them know what goes on in our LV world. It is great advertising! I know it has to be a gr...

J_N wrote:PL:Perfect well read

Thank you, Julia!

catrose wrote:

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Thank you Bob and you are welcome. Wow! 48 minutes of challenging reading; I am proud of you and look forward to hearing you caress each word and phrase in your usual beautiful way. (and you read good too) http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/grommit.gif You are too kind, good sir. :oops: I look ...

02 A Day With Samuel Taylor Coleridge http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/phi/dayswithgreatpoets_02_coleridge.mp3 Duration - 47:36 Whew! Very challenging. But I loved it. Not only the excerpts of his poetry, but the author's narrative around them was very well written and not the easiest to art...

CaprishaPage wrote:It is fabulous!

Thank you, Caprisha! I thought we had a lovely mix of voices this year. Thank you for being one of them.

Bob

Here's the Henchman:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ek/hippolytus_henchman.mp3

Duration - 7:21


Another tragic fate reported!

gloriana wrote:I've been pronouncing it "TROH-zen." So if you're willing to match that and forget about the rhyme, that's great by me.

TROH-zen it is!

Bob