Originally Posted By: goofy
Originally Posted By: AlimaeHP
So in other words, it is, within the English lexicon, actually the "ar " sound in March that is deemed the syllabic aspect. Thus rendering the two distinct sounds as just consonates and dialect?


The definition of "syllable" is tricky, but in English a syllable consists of a vowel sound and any surrounding consonants. "March" contains 1 vowel sound, so it has 1 syllable.


True, but it is one word which really makes it difficult when dealing with poetic meter.
Though as can be seen by tsuwm's post, not impossible.

Originally Posted By: tsuwm
there ain't no schwas in March (to my ear), even if you march to the beat of a different drum.

You can lead a horse to water
But u can't make him drink,
U can lead a human by the nose
But you can't make him think
I may be lost sometimes
But i don't follow anyone
I'll always march to the beat
The beat of a different drum
-Lower Class Brats

Rev. Alimae