Pedxing

“I just posted a thread addressed to MadRiver about the Whites, and was thinking of you, wondering if it might get a response from you.

I hope you are doing well, and your recovery continues to make progress.

Its nice to see your occassional posts. I think of you, and wonder how you are.

Best to you and Ellen.”

“I'm gonna make even me puke.


Too much niceness for one day . .must go beep at an old lady in a crosswalk.”

“whistle at a NUN and you shall redem yourself.”

“hey that reminds me...


how do you get a nun pregnant?”

“you #&%!$ her.”

“heheheh”

“Ya give her some!”

“She's got NONE and ya give her SOME!!”

“I knew this Catholic guy who ate meat six days a week, but on Friday he had... nun?”

“Hey Lee. I posted a reply to your White's questions. I'm doing okay, but since being married I've has to stop dating Nuns. It's no big deal though, cuzz "Hey Babe wanna see my scars and skin grafts" doesn't work too well as a pick up line.

Honestly, progress is slow - but everything is going in the right direction. I can eat and drink what I like now and don't have to put thickener in my drinks. I can walk about 1.5 to 2 miles. The scarring is starting to pick up a little and the itching has started. I've been visiting burn survivor web sites and went to a Pheonix society support group at the local Shriner's hospital and met some really fine people.”

“I expect recovery has a lot of false summits.”

“Whistle?

Hell, why not just get into the habit? >;^O”

“Way to go Ped!

From your perspective, it may seem that progress is slow, but from where I am sitting the speed of your recovery is nothing short of miraculous. I am so happy to hear about your healing process. 1.5 to 2 mile walks already?!
...you're sure to be up to speed in no time (and sure to leave my arse in the traildust once again). LOL

>:D”

“Wanna: Yeah I think you're right.

LOL Amy”

“Pedxing, that is really great, no more thickener! Sounds really good from our end and we are glad for you. I know on your end it seems slow, but your progress is truly impressive.”

“ped,
tree and myself will be in Cape Cod next weekend.
will you be around?”

“Yeah, I'll be around - are you gonna pass through the Boston area? It would be great to see you.”

“Ped, can you settle a bet for CrashBang and myself?

How do you pronounce your name.

ped exing

or

ped zing?”

“I thought it was ped shing”

“If I ever have the pleasure to meet pedx, I would like to hear how he says it.
Of course with that Mass accent, I may not be able to understand it. ;-)”

“”

“It is unpronouncable. You ought to simply say, "the hiker formerly known as David."

That'll work.”

“Or, "pedestrian crossing."

(Actually, I always say "ped exing".)”

“Beauty -- !”

“It is "Ped Ching", like the Chinese pronounciation of "Xing".

Ped has more of a hybrid accent and certainly not the stereotypical Bah-Stun thing.

There is some Texas in the family tree, I'm told.”

“Ped Zing!”

“Ped Shing. As MarkO says its like the Chinese pronunciation.

As in Xian and Xinjiang Beer and Deng Xiaoping.”

“When I see pedxing I think ped-zing.
When I see Ewker I think you-ker.
When I see lyra I think lie-ra.
When I see Nigal I think

”

“Priceless!!”

“cocaine is a helluva drug...”

“Gee, when I see Lyra's name I think Lee-ra.”

“I am Nigal beeeeeeeyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch!”

“Phuck your couch Darkness!!

Actually I said your name this weekend to Crash Bang as Pedzing and he was like, "Who?". I repeated it three times before he understood who I was talking about. Pedshing huh? Never would have guessed it'd be pronounced like that.

Someone should teach those Chinese how to spell. LOL!”

“Lyra, the Lyre or Harp was invented by Hermes (Mercury) and given to Apollo his half-brother, who in turn gave it to his son Orpheus, the musician of the Argonauts.

"Ja... son and the Ar.. go... nauts..."

[for all you XTC fans (the BAND, not the drug)]



Alpha Lyrae (Vega) is the 5th brightest star in the night sky, is located about 27 light years away and is some 57 times as intrinsically luminous as our sun.

(think about THAT tan, why doncha)”

“I used to say how I pronounced it in my profile, but I deleted that and the psychotic rant that went with it years ago.

Some people have called me "pedestrian crossing."

I stole some of the idea from a science fiction book and told my kids when they were little that that I thought the PedXing signs were a tribute to a wandering taoist monk (sort of like David Carradine in Kung Fu) who brought enlightment to many Americans. Everytime he saved the day and enlightened someone they resurrected that sign. Next, I told them that some people thought they had a better explanation for the signs and asked if they could think of one. They puzzled over it for a long time.

Somehow, I thought that would be a good excuse for a trail name.”

“It's all coming back to me now...

(I could've sworn I drowned those brain cells in the products of Plzeňský Prazdroj)”

“I always suspected I was wrong on 3 of the 4 listed above but can't get those names out of my head.

Another example is Teva sandals. I pronounce it Tee-va instead of Teh-va.

My 5 year old used to call the hood on her coat a hoooood. Maybe this is genetic.”

“Sorry, Ped, but you are wrong. Your name is "ped-ex-ing."

I hate it when people can't pronounce their own names.

:-)”

“Teva should be "Tee-vuh".

One consonant makes it a hard "e".

In order to be "Teh-vuh" there would have to be two "v's".

Two consonants make it a soft "e".”

“Ever been to Mesa Verde, marko?”

“Hmmmm, I don't think so.

I have been to the River Verde in Arizona.

I like Salsa Verde.”

“Sounds like a part of town here with name issues. The "locals" (not nearly local enough) call it "Pahn-tay Vee-druh." Um, Ponte Vedra, right.”

“My point was just that you have to know the etymology of a word before you can know the correct pronunciation.”

“I could dig a mess o' salsa verde with tamale”

“Thanks Mark. The first time I got corrected with Teh-vuh I thought they'd lost their mind. When it happened again I thought maybe I was wrong.”

“I have No Idea --- I hike with lay-kee poles and I'm thinking of getting a by-blur tent.


I thought teh-va was the guy in "Fiddler On The Roof".”

“I always read "Ped-ex-ing," even though I thought that was probably wrong! And Ewker, I pronounce like the card game euchre: "you-ker"...like dayhiker said. Is that wrong?

I pronounce my own name like treebait does: "leer-a." Even though I know it should probably be "lie-ra"! I just do it that way, b/c that's how I thought it was pronounced when I first read the word, and because that's how "lyric" is pronounced--"leer." And b/c I like to leer at people. LOL! I'm probably a major idiot for pronouncing my own name wrong, but Eat It.
:-D

This has the "correct" pronunciation, that you can listen to:
http://www.meriam-webster.com/dictionary/lyra”

“Sorry, Ped, but you are wrong. Your name is "ped-ex-ing."

I hate it when people can't pronounce their own names.

:-)”
Fritz
6:38:33 AM
2/07/07


I'm with Fritz!”

“Well, dang, I always said Peed Crossing. Do people see PedXing signs and think Ped exing? I thought the idea was that you use the crossing to avoid th exing.”