Hey Kendall, where is that quote by C.S. Lewis from? I like it. -----Original Message----- 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: >=20 > "If your faith were strong enough, he'd be healed."=20 >=20 >=20 > My mom had "friends" from church that actually said > that to her! >=20 > Kendall=20 >=20 > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's > redundant!) >=20 > 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. >=20 > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 >=20 > -----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! >=20 > Number one on *my* list is "God made you this way > for a reason!" >=20 > Kat >=20 >=20 > 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! >=20 >=20 > 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 >=20 > From the Home Office in Laramie, Wyoming: >=20 > Today's Top Ten List > =20 > =20 > "Things That Make Us Cringe Every Time We Hear Them" >=20 > =20 > 10a. "They're married?! " >=20 > 10. "Don't bother the nice man/woman" > =20 > 9. "Let me help you with that!" >=20 > 8. "Wheelchair Bound" >=20 > 7. "You Drive!?!" >=20 > 6. "...And they even have jobs!" >=20 > 5. "Those people" >=20 > 4. "How are we today?" >=20 > 3. "What would (s)he like?" >=20 > 2. "Honey"=20 >=20 > 1. "You're so Brave." >=20 > Kendall=20 >=20 > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's > redundant!) >=20 > 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. >=20 > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 >=20 > -----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! >=20 > Right - they think we should just smile all the > time! Makes me =20 > grumpy just thinking about it. LOL >=20 > Kat >=20 > On 16 Apr 2006, at 11:41, ken barber wrote: >=20 > 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. >=20 > --- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >=20 > > 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 > > >=20 =3D=3D=3D message truncated =3D=3D=3D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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