tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post514696333636653690..comments2024-03-17T09:14:13.950+00:00Comments on John Wells’s phonetic blog: Kindle woesJohn Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684304410735867148noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-29872833600366100372011-02-19T09:23:57.123+00:002011-02-19T09:23:57.123+00:00Up to 3,500 books is really great feature of new k...Up to 3,500 books is really great feature of new kindle<br /><a href="www.readingwirelessdevice.com" rel="nofollow"><br />www.readingwirelessdevice.com</a>Jack Chryslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04488315714383271924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-52953295240510180062011-02-06T15:36:56.227+00:002011-02-06T15:36:56.227+00:00Hi John! I am as delighted with my Kindle Reader a...Hi John! I am as delighted with my Kindle Reader as you are. It's like my wallet - it's wherever I go. Yes, I must admit there are some problems but I am nevertheless happy that some brilliant mind came up with this gadget.Samantha@Kindle book readerhttp://lifebydesignover50.com/why-buy-a-kindle-reader/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-6181909901398826722011-02-04T08:52:39.968+00:002011-02-04T08:52:39.968+00:00@ John Cowan: Thanks! This was much easier than I ...@ John Cowan: Thanks! This was much easier than I thought!Beatrice Portinarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-47743525213944411162011-02-03T20:54:38.167+00:002011-02-03T20:54:38.167+00:00Yes, the blame lies with the publishers. It is qu...Yes, the blame lies with the publishers. It is quite obvious that many just grab a copy of the book in some existing electronic format and run it through a conversion tool without proofreading the result. I like my Kindle a lot, but at this stage I recommend to use it only for disposable reading (novels, simple nonfiction) and not for anything that might be typographically challenging, certainly not anything language/linguistics-related.naddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-43517443297189818802011-02-03T17:23:00.765+00:002011-02-03T17:23:00.765+00:00So, Anonymous-not-Marijana, make up a name. As lo...So, Anonymous-not-Marijana, <i>make up a name</i>. As long as you don't post here as "John Wells", no one is likely to complain (although I'd take it kindly if you didn't try to usurp my name, which is my real name). Just choose the "Name/URL" box and choose something realistic-sounding, like Beatrice Portinari.John Cowanhttp://www.microsoft.com/NOT!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-83116721270338465172011-02-03T16:17:57.230+00:002011-02-03T16:17:57.230+00:00Mi ĝojas ke la Kindle permesas la elmontron de la ...Mi ĝojas ke la Kindle permesas la elmontron de la ĉapelitaj literoj de Esperanto ;-)Tonyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794099347168542416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-66185139679879147682011-02-02T20:09:08.768+00:002011-02-02T20:09:08.768+00:00Dear John, I usually write as anonymous because I&...Dear John, I usually write as anonymous because I'm not supposed to be doing this now and I haven't got internet access at home. I know I could use a nickname or something but I'm hopeless at computers, honestly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-921755068246619632011-02-02T19:53:29.484+00:002011-02-02T19:53:29.484+00:00I apologize! My mistake! I had troubles with posti...I apologize! My mistake! I had troubles with posting a comment and it only worked once I chose to post as anonymous, which is a coincidence, I suppose. The UPR is obviously a permutation of URP and, again, my mistake. Thank you very much for the reply!Marijana Krležanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-87846244113776948182011-02-02T19:39:18.726+00:002011-02-02T19:39:18.726+00:00I don't know what "UPR" might be. (U...I don't know what "UPR" might be. (University of Puerto Rico? Hardly.) <br />The message board for those teaching phonetics is PHONET@JISCMAIL.AC.UK . See details at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=PHONET.<br />You certainly won't be able to join as "Anonymous", and as "Anonymous" you're lucky to get an answer from me. Why hide?John Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684304410735867148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-1866603189030395952011-02-02T18:27:37.093+00:002011-02-02T18:27:37.093+00:00Forgive me if I veer off-topic for a moment, I jus...Forgive me if I veer off-topic for a moment, I just didn't know where else to ask: is there a message board in English dedicated to phonetics? Or a message board about linguistics etc. with a phonetics subforum? I'd like to inquire about certain niceties of the UPR and I have no idea what would be the appropriate place to do it. Any help would be much appreciated. (P. S. Perhaps this blogs needs its own message board, too. It would be amazing.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-41402837327487978442011-02-02T17:48:23.553+00:002011-02-02T17:48:23.553+00:00*Language* (pity we can't edit posts once publ...*Language* (pity we can't edit posts once published)Barrie Englandhttp://realgrammar.posterous.com/pages/aboutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-83330269275411251652011-02-02T17:47:09.976+00:002011-02-02T17:47:09.976+00:00E-books will take off when they beceome appreciabl...E-books will take off when they beceome appreciably cheaper than printed ones (I understand they still attract VAT). <br /><br />I second John's recommendation of Guy Deutscher's 'The Unfolding of Lanuage'.Barrie Englandhttp://realgrammar.posterous.com/pages/aboutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-3317851671242893132011-02-02T17:31:44.954+00:002011-02-02T17:31:44.954+00:00Anonymous said
"I'm afraid I need to fe...Anonymous said <br /><br />"I'm afraid I need to feel and smell paper, though this is not very environment-friendly"<br /><br />I've seen this comment in various places. E book readers like the Kindle are of course made from dead trees too, albeit trees that have been dead a good bit longer. I'm not able to work out the carbon saving made in buying a Kindle; at a guess, readers of paper books ought not to feel quite as guilty as they seem to.<br /><br />Programs like Calibre seem to do a good job of converting Google pdf's into other formats.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698347977063834446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-85328005689455578862011-02-02T16:51:08.655+00:002011-02-02T16:51:08.655+00:00John,
Kindles scan quite well. It's probably...John,<br /><br />Kindles scan quite well. It's probably a good idea to increase the font size first.John Maidmenthttp://blogjam.namenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-31099427534856301242011-02-02T15:14:04.845+00:002011-02-02T15:14:04.845+00:00@ anonymous: Same here.@ anonymous: Same here.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-91211027947724403502011-02-02T13:28:19.608+00:002011-02-02T13:28:19.608+00:00Google eBooks generally includes a PDF version of...Google eBooks generally includes a PDF version of the original paper book. It's available on many devices, but not the Kindle. I've abandoned Kindle books and migrated to Google, partly for this reason.<br /><br />Here's a list of devices supported by Google eBooks:<br /><br />http://books.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=179849<br /><br />(I primarily use my iPhone because I like the backlighting. I do most of my reading in the dark ;)vphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647609487352038948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-75034166132164410122011-02-02T12:39:32.948+00:002011-02-02T12:39:32.948+00:00I'm afraid I need to feel and smell paper, tho...I'm afraid I need to feel and smell paper, though this is not very environment-friendly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-48282374811355201892011-02-02T12:37:29.615+00:002011-02-02T12:37:29.615+00:00You read my mind about my biggest Kindle gripe. Th...You read my mind about my biggest Kindle gripe. Thought about getting a book to learn some ancient Greek (you never know when it might come in handy) but the Kindle versions I got samples of were total salad - the Greek letters that resembled their Roman cousins looked OK because it seems they just used the Roman letters (o for omicron etc), but the ones that look significantly different were those huge low-res graphics. Unusable. <br /><br />I still do love my Kindle. But any book with a lot of foreign letters is out. Ditto for any book where I repeatedly have to refer to endnotes or references, which is slow and clunky on the Kindle.Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308878857835663236noreply@blogger.com