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  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,038 Member
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    (I'm not sure what the policy - or politics - is, with regard to 'corrections', but Ghee (clarified solid butter, as frequently used in Indian cooking) is to my knowledge and understanding, not pronounced 'Gee' (the 'G' sounding like the j in 'juice', or 'jiggle') but gHee (as the G would sound in 'gate' or 'gallery'....). It's very possible that someone may contradict me, and that's no problem; but I lived for a time with a family from Pakistan, I worked for a while for a family of Sikh Restauranteurs from Goa, and my father lived and worked in India shortly after WWII.... To my knowledge, I have never heard anyone from India or Pakistan, pronounce it 'Gee' (as in 'Gee Whizz')... Apologies if this isn't acceptable practice.....

    well to me, the "h" added would then make someone think that you pronounce the "h."
    So then people would think it would be "guh-hee."
    What I put is exactly how it is notated in dictionaries for pronunciation. The hard "g" is noted with "g."
    I'll just remove the hint, then there will be no confusion. Then someone who wants to know how it is pronounced, then they can play with Google and find an entry to pronounce it audibly for them.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Lol pronounced like 'ghrelin' :D
  • AlexandraCarlyle
    AlexandraCarlyle Posts: 1,603 Member
    edited April 2017
    Thank you @baconslave , I apologise if I was treading on any toes.... :#

    (What happened to my Avatar....?!)
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    Thank you @baconslave , I apologise if I was treading on any toes.... :#

    (What happened to my Avatar....?!)

    Did it get younger?
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    edited April 2017
    canadjineh wrote: »
    Lol pronounced like 'ghrelin' :D

    That's not how you spell ghremlin.

    (Wait...it's same *kitten* thing!)
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,038 Member
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    Thank you @baconslave , I apologise if I was treading on any toes.... :#

    (What happened to my Avatar....?!)

    It's fine. It's best to avoid misinformation, even if it's just a misunderstanding on how a word is mispronounced. Having such wierd letter sounds in English is a pill. Hard or soft g? Why can't a g be a g and a j be a j? Because it's English. :lol:
  • AlexandraCarlyle
    AlexandraCarlyle Posts: 1,603 Member
    RalfLott wrote: »
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    Thank you @baconslave , I apologise if I was treading on any toes.... :#

    (What happened to my Avatar....?!)

    Did it get younger?

    Doubt it - it's my 60th today....(!) But there's no doubt I am most definitely young at heart - !!

    I'll try posting a different picture....
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    RalfLott wrote: »
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    Thank you @baconslave , I apologise if I was treading on any toes.... :#

    (What happened to my Avatar....?!)

    Did it get younger?

    Doubt it - it's my 60th today....(!) But there's no doubt I am most definitely young at heart - !!

    I'll try posting a different picture....

    I rather like the B/W future-princess-playing-in-the-jungle snap.
  • AlexandraCarlyle
    AlexandraCarlyle Posts: 1,603 Member
    edited April 2017
    Yeah, dunno why that's not appeared any more...! I just tried uploading and selecting another photo and - zip. Nada. Zilch.

    (Sorry, this is diverting the thread somewhat.... (*pink*)
  • AlexandraCarlyle
    AlexandraCarlyle Posts: 1,603 Member
    RalfLott wrote: »
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    RalfLott wrote: »
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    Thank you @baconslave , I apologise if I was treading on any toes.... :#

    (What happened to my Avatar....?!)

    Did it get younger?

    Doubt it - it's my 60th today....(!) But there's no doubt I am most definitely young at heart - !!

    I'll try posting a different picture....

    I rather like the B/W future-princess-playing-in-the-jungle snap.

    Cousin's birthday party in Italy... the theme was 'The Circus'. I was supposed to be a tightrope walker. The rope? A small length of narrow plank, on the ground. (I think I did quite well actually to get even half-way across!)
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    Yeah, dunno why that's not appeared any more...! I just tried uploading and selecting another photo and - zip. Nada. Zilch.

    (Sorry, this is diverting the thread somewhat.... (*pink*)

    Odd. It still appears to me!
  • AlexandraCarlyle
    AlexandraCarlyle Posts: 1,603 Member
    weird.... I can't see anything - pnly the standard 'no avatar being used' grey/white image! What photo do you see now?
  • kpk54
    kpk54 Posts: 4,474 Member
    I know we are talking "soft" versus "hard" consonant sounds but as a former elementary school teacher when we taught phonics, well I'm reminded of the poem below (in the link) and how crazy/difficult the English Language is. Enjoy and ponder.

    http://www.seeyouspeak.com/CLASSROOM/Tips/files/20431f074d774d825a76c675fcef6106-71.html

  • AlexandraCarlyle
    AlexandraCarlyle Posts: 1,603 Member
    OMG! You've reminded me of THIS ONE - My father gave it to me to read out loud at one of his recital evenings we held annually at our old church... He actually gave it to me with around 3 minutes to spare! I got a standing ovation, and honestly? I had a headache afterwards!
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    edited April 2017
    kpk54 wrote: »
    I know we are talking "soft" versus "hard" consonant sounds but as a former elementary school teacher when we taught phonics, well I'm reminded of the poem below (in the link) and how crazy/difficult the English Language is. Enjoy and ponder.
    http://www.seeyouspeak.com/CLASSROOM/Tips/files/20431f074d774d825a76c675fcef6106-71.html

    Perfect! Thanks.

    Even we LCDers have managed to add to the mayhem in our own little way.....

    "Frito & keto are ghastly together,
    Yet lean & protein are birds of a feather.

    And it's kosher as pork to blend petty and pretty,
    But never malign carb-heads or write the word sh- ... *kitten* "




  • kpk54
    kpk54 Posts: 4,474 Member
    Oh my! That's a tough one @AlexandraCarlyle! Thanks for sharing.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    weird.... I can't see anything - pnly the standard 'no avatar being used' grey/white image! What photo do you see now?

    Dorothy, pre-Oz.
  • AlexandraCarlyle
    AlexandraCarlyle Posts: 1,603 Member
    I don't think I'm in Kansas any more.....
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    There's a Garden City there. Not quite emerald, but still.
  • AlexandraCarlyle
    AlexandraCarlyle Posts: 1,603 Member
    At least they're trying. Which is what many of my friends, acquaintances and my mum all say about me.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    nvmomketo wrote: »
    True. I'm actually asking about [taking Metformin] (I have high fasting BG no matter what I do) but they don't want me to use it. LOL

    Well, here's some support for using metformin for diabetes prevention:

    Lifestyle changes and treatment with metformin both reduced the incidence of diabetes in persons at high risk. The lifestyle intervention was more effective than metformin.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1370926/

    The Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme shows that lifestyle modification and metformin prevent type 2 diabetes in Asian Indian subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16391903



  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    RalfLott wrote: »
    nvmomketo wrote: »
    True. I'm actually asking about [taking Metformin] (I have high fasting BG no matter what I do) but they don't want me to use it. LOL

    Well, here's some support for using metformin for diabetes prevention:

    Lifestyle changes and treatment with metformin both reduced the incidence of diabetes in persons at high risk. The lifestyle intervention was more effective than metformin.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1370926/

    The Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme shows that lifestyle modification and metformin prevent type 2 diabetes in Asian Indian subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16391903



    Thanks. :)
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    nvmomketo wrote: »
    RalfLott wrote: »
    nvmomketo wrote: »
    True. I'm actually asking about [taking Metformin] (I have high fasting BG no matter what I do) but they don't want me to use it. LOL

    Well, here's some support for using metformin for diabetes prevention:

    Lifestyle changes and treatment with metformin both reduced the incidence of diabetes in persons at high risk. The lifestyle intervention was more effective than metformin.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1370926/

    The Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme shows that lifestyle modification and metformin prevent type 2 diabetes in Asian Indian subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16391903

    Thanks. :)

    Of course, cyanide and hemlock have also been proven effective at diabetes prevention.....
  • Rainqueen77
    Rainqueen77 Posts: 116 Member
    I asked for a dosage increase. He wasn't having it. But refilled the 1000mg for me anyway. He also said I was no longer prediabetic and metformin was not approved to treat prediabeties anyway. So I guess I'm lucky he didn't take me off it.
  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
    edited April 2017
    Rainqueen77 wrote: »
    I asked for a dosage increase. He wasn't having it. But refilled the 1000mg for me anyway. He also said I was no longer prediabetic and metformin was not approved to treat prediabeties anyway. So I guess I'm lucky he didn't take me off it.

    Hrrmm? :s

    Does he mean not approved by.... Kellogg's? Better Housekeeping? Paula Deen?
  • AlexandraCarlyle
    AlexandraCarlyle Posts: 1,603 Member
    or even McDougall's Flour, Nestlé and Cadbury's....
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