Mike,
I don't know the original piece by Lewis that it came from; I found it
on this quotations page:
http://www.wisdomquotes.com/
Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Collis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:32 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] software will not swear!
Hey Kendall, where is that quote by C.S. Lewis from? I like it.
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From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of
Kendall David Corbett
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:02 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: software will not swear!
Ken,
Our priest gave one of the women that said that if my Mom's faith were
strong enough... a similar theology lesson. (Un)fortunately, soon after
that, her husband had a stroke, which left him permanently disabled.
Kendall
"Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims
may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons
than under omnipotent moral busy-bodies. The robber baron's cruelty may
sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those
who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do
so with the approval of their own conscience."
C.S. Lewis
-----Original Message-----
From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 7:49 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] software will not swear!
i had a lady come up and ask me if i knew god wanted
to heal me one time. i took time to give her a
theology lesson that i'll bet she never forgot. the
look on her face,...on boy.=20
--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ohh, I like it! A corollary to that one is:
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> "If your faith were strong enough, he'd be healed."=20
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> My mom had "friends" from church that actually said
> that to her!
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> Kendall=20
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> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
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> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 11:11 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] software will not swear!
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> Number one on *my* list is "God made you this way
> for a reason!"
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> Kat
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> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Kendall David Corbett [log in to unmask]
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:44:09 -0600
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: software will not swear!
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> Janet and I came up with a Top Ten (or so) List
> (like Letterman's) of
> things that "Make Us Cringe Every Time We Hear 'Em".
> I'll include it
> for your amusement (or bemusement).=20
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> From the Home Office in Laramie, Wyoming:
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> Today's Top Ten List
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> "Things That Make Us Cringe Every Time We Hear Them"
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> 10a. "They're married?! "
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> 10. "Don't bother the nice man/woman"
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> 9. "Let me help you with that!"
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> 8. "Wheelchair Bound"
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> 7. "You Drive!?!"
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> 6. "...And they even have jobs!"
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> 5. "Those people"
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> 4. "How are we today?"
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> 3. "What would (s)he like?"
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> 2. "Honey"=20
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> 1. "You're so Brave."
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> Kendall=20
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> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
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> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathleen Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 8:44 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] software will not swear!
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> Right - they think we should just smile all the
> time! Makes me =20
> grumpy just thinking about it. LOL
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> Kat
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> On 16 Apr 2006, at 11:41, ken barber wrote:
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> I FIND THIS AMUSING. YOU KNOW LOTS OF ooops. people
> do not want to consider us sexual beings and do not
> want to think of us that way and now someone does
> not
> want to think we would want to swear occassionly to
> put emphasis into our communication.
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> --- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Can you not add words to these dictionaries?=20
> Also,
> > you might want to
> > check and make sure any parental controls for any
> of
> > your software
> > packages are turned off.
> >
> > I don't run Windows at home, and I don't have
> admin
> > rights on my work
> > laptop, but I wonder if there are any settings in
> > Windows that would
> > control this sort of thing. Any insights on this
> > from our techie
> > members?
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > On 16 Apr 2006, at 10:02, Anthony Arnold wrote:
> >
> > Mag,
> >
> > I don't know what to say, I haven't worked with
> > Naturally Speaking,
> > but I do
> > know that our communication devices that are
> shipped
> > with DECTalk (and
> > beginning to be shipped with RealSpeak too), all
> > have speech
> > dictionaries,
> > where you can altar words if necessary. For a
> > example, one of my
> > friends at
> > work altered his name to be pronounced Mr.
> Wonderful
> > in one of the beta
> > versions I worked on just as a joke. My guess is
> > you have something
> > like a
> > speech dictionary, and you probably can change
> back
> > those
> > pronunciations.
> >
> > As my friend would say "swear freely".
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Anthony
> > Visit my website at www.anthonyarnold.net
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of
> > Magenta Raine
> > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 2:57 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: software will not swear!
> >
> > Golly, my dad gave me a laptop for my birthday,
> with
> > naturally speaking
> > software female voice, Kate. There is just one
> > problem; Kate refuses
> > to say
> > most swear words! Why do they censor it? It should
> > be up to the
> > people to
> > decide. And it's inconsistent. It will say fucked,
> > but not fucker, it
> > says
> > shitty, but not ass..... a helper said somebody
> > else's talking device
> > also
> > won't say cuss words. i just can't believe it.
> > Anthony, Beth, do you
> > know
> > why they do it? sure I could defeat it by
> spelling
> > the words slightly
> > differently. But why on earth can't folks let us
> > swear if we want to?
> > microsoft's Sam can do it, why can't Kate?!
> >
> > Mag
> >
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