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#204946 - 02/28/12 06:49 AM Re: Consistency is NOT part of the language ! [Re: wofahulicodoc]
Avy old hand Registered: 06/23/00 Posts: 724	Wofahulicodoc-i pronounce this WOfaHUlicoDOC. Two trochees and and iamb (or an amphibrach and an anapest). RhuBARB comMANdo. PEter tromBONiAtor- the last is deliciously iambic as is RC. I disagree that iamb is closest to normal speech. Iamb is closest to desired intonation. Okay serious question: scansion changes with accent. I pronoun trochee as an iamb. Where does that leave carefully scanned poetry- in the realm of subjectivity? There are no set rules as to which syllables are and aren't stressed, are there? *** Sorry for the excessive energy of this post: a beloved topic. Apparently the longer syllables are stressed and shorter aren't but this is also dependent on accent and culture. For salman rushdie- we say salMAAN and not SALman. Okay -I'll stop yappin now. Edited by Avy (02/28/12 07:52 AM)
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#204983 - 03/02/12 12:47 PM Two things: [Re: Avy]
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3774 Loc: Worcester, MA	Thing One: I misspelled indefatigabobble-whatever not just once, but twice. Thing Two: We need some new target words to proceed with Sparteye's Game. RC, I think you had the last successful posting, so you get to select! PS. Y'all all did know it's Dr Seuss' Birthday Celebration today, didn't you? PPS. Now that I think of it, I should go look at the Google Doodle today...
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#204984 - 03/02/12 12:57 PM Re: Two things: [Re: wofahulicodoc]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5268 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	If there's a Google Doodle I did not receive it, yet anyhow. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#204989 - 03/02/12 03:43 PM Re: Two things [Re: LukeJavan8]
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3774 Loc: Worcester, MA	No. Apparently they chose not to recognize it. Conceivably they were even discouraged from doing so because of copyright issues.
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#205009 - 03/03/12 07:41 AM Re: Two things [Re: Jackie]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1016 Loc: Lancaster, UK	I think the latter is very likely - Dr Seuss was such a well-loved writer by generations of children - and adults, for that matter! - that I can't think of any other reasonable motive for Google to ignore him. To re-start Sparteye's game (and to wish her well and hope she soon recovers!) my random dictionary-opening has given me ANNIHILATE - ANOTHER _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#205072 - 03/08/12 09:04 PM Re: Two things [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 611 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	I got one! My brother is a Republican A Democrat is my mother A family way On Election Day To annihilate one another FLANK - FLASH
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#205074 - 03/08/12 10:16 PM Re: Two things [Re: Jackie]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	jj, you're BACK!! Oh, joy, wonderfulness, and dancing! [HUG]
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#205075 - 03/08/12 11:00 PM Re: Two things [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 690 Loc: Alaska	My brother built a grocery store To annihilate our mother. The building was a carnivore, 'T'would eat what it could smother. He rigged the soap aisle to collapse, But Mom shopped in another. A quirk of fate it was, perhaps: An aisle ate my brother. edit: Nice work, Jenny. Edited by Tromboniator (03/08/12 11:05 PM)
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#205076 - 03/08/12 11:59 PM Re: Two things [Re: Tromboniator]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 611 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	"An aisle ate my brother"? You can rest assured, Mister Tromboniator, that that particular order of words has never before been concocted by a sapient mind in all the history of all mankind.
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#205077 - 03/09/12 01:17 AM Re: Two things [Re: jenny jenny]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 690 Loc: Alaska	Originally Posted By: jenny jenny never before been concocted by a sapient mind Some might argue that it still hasn't. Peter
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