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#204946 - 02/28/12 06:49 AM Re: Consistency is NOT part of the language ! [Re: wofahulicodoc]
old hand
Registered: 06/23/00
Posts: 724
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 
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/06/01
Posts: 3784
Loc: Worcester, MA
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
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 5284
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
----please, draw me a sheep----
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#204989 - 03/02/12 03:43 PM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/06/01
Posts: 3784
Loc: Worcester, MA
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#205009 - 03/03/12 07:41 AM
old hand
Registered: 11/13/11
Posts: 1029
Loc: Lancaster, UK
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
addict
Registered: 06/05/10
Posts: 618
Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
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
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11578
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
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#205075 - 03/08/12 11:00 PM
addict
Registered: 05/10/10
Posts: 690
Loc: Alaska
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
addict
Registered: 06/05/10
Posts: 618
Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
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
addict
Registered: 05/10/10
Posts: 690
Loc: Alaska
Some might argue that it still hasn't.
Peter
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