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Discussion Topic  RE: cease (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Ah, but the word being defined in the limerick in question is "cease" so it can't be switched to any......
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Discussion Topic  RE: cease (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Relevent to the discussion Richard but I think it's a little more subtle. Several people in the WS h......
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Discussion Topic  cease (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
A question has come up workshopping one of TrossL's limericks at the OEDILF. I won't give too many d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wrongheaded (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I've heard it fairly frequently....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Role of Libraries? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Like Richard I was once a library-goer. Like Richard I no longer go. Unlike Richard I haven't moved ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by BobHale
OK Quick guide, since you ask. anapest = three syllables with the last one stressed iamb = two syl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
A few examples of the cot/caught merger from the OEDILF. For me NONE of these rhyme but I am certain......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Cot and caught are true homophones in many US dialects. The pronunciation is somewhere between the t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Welsh Dragon (in Potpourri) by BobHale
From World WIde Words ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: ラーメン (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Looks similar. Dried noodles, bits of other things that may or may not be dried meat or vegetables, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Never come across it and can't find any internet refs to it. Don't sweat it though. You'd never hav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: ラーメン (in Potpourri) by BobHale
cup noodle? Are they what we call Pot Noodles?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I was certain I'd seen sleep rhymed with trip over there but I've investigated and although there ar......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Actually what this discussion does, is demonstrate my long held belief that the IPA table that is pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
There also appears to be a widely held view that cot/caught are homophones which is most definitely ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I have noticed over at OEDILF a tendency to make rhymes like sleep/trip which often pass by the US w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
It did. I was responding to Richard. The vowel length may well vary from accent/dialect to accent/di......
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
No, not in the Black Country. Everywhere. It's part of what's called assimilation which is the chang......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: [b]Décalage[/b] (in Wordplay) by BobHale
I forgot to do one but I'll guess anyway. I'll try 1....
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