You people, with the sucking -- all y'all are weird as hell.

Exactly. That's why I wrote two books about music.

I'm guessing not much Xhosa representation in bubbly pop, huh?

like knocking, but not really

Or, perhaps, like punching someone in the gut?

OK, these folks have terminology for Buffistas phonemic disussions: [link]

The pressure clicks used to call a cat are different from the the buccal clicks used to spur up a horse.

The internet and google rock.

I'm guessing not much Xhosa representation in bubbly pop, huh?

Clearly you did not read the book! Bushmen !Click!Pop Is Go!

OK, these folks have terminology for Buffistas phonemic disussions:

Did you have to master these concepts for your voice activated software? Or was this just for fun?

Or, perhaps, like punching someone in the gut?

It's not that much motion. You'd have to be hugging before your fist would touch their gut. I dunno. I think I'm not good at this game -- I had to give up before I could get Kat to understand "whatever fingers" over IM.

You'd have to be hugging before your fist would touch their gut

Sometimes you are that close. Do it with the left, and bang! goes the liver.

It's fun.

Brussel sprouts do not taste like ass OR like little cabbages. Brussel sprouts are slightly sweet, and slightly bitter. Wonderful with butter and garlic.

Cabbage is also of the yum, but tastes completely different. And next time I have red meat, (about twice a month) I think I will make it corned beef and cabbage.

I totally agree that if you try something and hate it that is legit. It is the refusal to try. I once had a two week contract in a suburb of Zanesville, Ohio. (Zanesville is a tiny little place itself, so a suburb of it is a really small town.) Everyone was deciding what to have for lunch (It was a new company, first day for everyone, so nobody had brought lunch.) I was the only out-of-towner, everyone else was a permanent local hire. I mentioned that I had passed a chinese place that looked possibly decent on the way in. That provoked the following discussion:

Employee 1) I've always meant to try Chinese food one of these days.

Employee 2) Yeah, there are three Chinese resteraunts around here - we really should give it a try.

Employee 3) I had a gyro once. i like exotic food. We ought to try it.

We went out for hamburgers.

OK then, not that hard. There's no bang! Just a little tap. It all works together with the sound to CLEARLY indicate "doing it." If you're me or about three of my friends.

Did you have to master these concepts for your voice activated software? Or was this just for fun?

Oh, you get interested in these topics in my situation. Mastery will come when I describe a noise more accurately than ita.

It will happen someday. I am sure of it.