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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Music and language #22090 03/12/2001 12:34 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 English is a stress-timed language Is this a ghostly remnant of the OE pattern, with verse construction based on stressed lines without much regard for number of syllables? If so, why is it not true of other Germanic PIE languages? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Music and language wow 03/10/2001 3:48 PM Re: Music and language jimthedog 03/10/2001 4:46 PM Re: Music and language wwh 03/10/2001 5:00 PM Re: Music and language AnnaStrophic 03/11/2001 1:44 PM Re: Music and language jimthedog 03/11/2001 4:06 PM Re: Music and language wow 03/11/2001 4:31 PM Re: Music and language Jazzoctopus 03/11/2001 11:03 PM Re: Music and language AnnaStrophic 03/11/2001 11:26 PM Re: Music and language Bingley 03/12/2001 11:49 AM Re: Music and language maverick 03/12/2001 12:34 PM Re: Music and language Bean 03/12/2001 6:52 PM Re: Music and language Bobyoungbalt 03/12/2001 7:03 PM Re: Music and language Avy 03/18/2001 4:16 AM Re: Music and language musick 03/18/2001 9:14 PM Re: Music and language Jackie 03/18/2001 9:55 PM Re: Music and language wwh 03/18/2001 11:13 PM Re: Music and language Bingley 03/19/2001 5:46 AM Re: Music and language Avy 03/19/2001 1:11 AM Re: Music and language musick 03/19/2001 1:59 AM Re: Music and language Geoff 03/19/2001 4:07 AM Re: Music and language Capital Kiwi 03/19/2001 11:02 AM Re: Music and language Geoff 03/19/2001 2:00 PM Re: Music and language Anonymous 03/19/2001 3:39 PM Re: Music and language maverick 03/19/2001 4:12 PM Re: Music and language Jackie 03/19/2001 5:11 PM Re: Music and language maverick 03/19/2001 5:26 PM Re: Music and language Bobyoungbalt 03/19/2001 6:32 PM Re: Music and language musick 03/19/2001 6:30 PM Re: Music and language Fiberbabe 03/19/2001 7:05 PM Re: Music and language Capital Kiwi 03/20/2001 1:02 AM Re: Music and language inselpeter 03/20/2001 9:52 AM Re: Music and language Bingley 03/20/2001 11:02 AM Re: Music and language Bean 03/20/2001 1:03 PM Re: Music and stuttering wow 03/20/2001 1:24 PM Re: Music and stuttering Sparteye 03/20/2001 2:17 PM Re: Music and language Bobyoungbalt 03/20/2001 4:03 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,429 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 20 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,244 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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