What is the word that describes the stretching of a word, as in the title of this post?
Is the word (this word being originally one syllable) still a one syllable word? If not, how would one count the syllables in a word such as that?
tasis = stretching (bur found only at
Silva Rhetoricae)
Hello!
It's also found at this site:
http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/T/tasis.htmHowever, I've never seen it spelled 'woah'. I've seen it as 'whoa', even if you put in a bunch of extra O's
I think it would still be only one syllable, but that's mho.
hi polyg.. that's the same site; i.e. silva rhetoricae.
Hello!
It's also found at this site:
http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/T/tasis.htmHowever, I've never seen it spelled 'woah'. I've seen it as 'whoa', even if you put in a bunch of extra O's
I think it would still be only one syllable, but that's mho.
Thanks. I finally read the subject line right. I was reading it is a two syllable word, woo-ah. Sort of a variant of the Marine "Hooooo-ah."
Pull up, Faldage, we'uns gonna learn you'uns howda say "whooa" with two syllables.
Ready?
___________ Whooooooo'-uh?_______________
That's when ye'ens ain't trusting 'dat ye'uns mule'uns is gonna whoa.
You are welcome.
Oh, Milo. I just don't know what I'd do without your expert guidance in matters linguistic.