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RE: cease
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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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January 12, 2007 10:35
RE: cease
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Relevent to the discussion Richard but I think it's a little more subtle. Several people in the WS h......
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January 12, 2007 01:48
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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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January 12, 2007 00:57
RE: Wrongheaded
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I've heard it fairly frequently....
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January 11, 2007 11:37
RE: Role of Libraries?
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Like Richard I was once a library-goer. Like Richard I no longer go. Unlike Richard I haven't moved ......
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January 10, 2007 14:26
RE: Limericks, reinvigorated
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OK Quick guide, since you ask. anapest = three syllables with the last one stressed iamb = two syl......
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January 08, 2007 15:09
RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep
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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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January 08, 2007 07:23
RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep
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Cot and caught are true homophones in many US dialects. The pronunciation is somewhere between the t......
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January 08, 2007 07:03
RE: Welsh Dragon
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From World WIde Words ......
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January 08, 2007 06:03
RE: ラーメン
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Looks similar. Dried noodles, bits of other things that may or may not be dried meat or vegetables, ......
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January 07, 2007 14:27
RE: Limericks, reinvigorated
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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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January 07, 2007 14:24
RE: ラーメン
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cup noodle? Are they what we call Pot Noodles?...
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January 07, 2007 13:54
RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep
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I was certain I'd seen sleep rhymed with trip over there but I've investigated and although there ar......
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January 07, 2007 09:14
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January 07, 2007 08:54
RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep
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Actually what this discussion does, is demonstrate my long held belief that the IPA table that is pr......
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January 07, 2007 08:25
RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep
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There also appears to be a widely held view that cot/caught are homophones which is most definitely ......
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January 07, 2007 08:14
RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep
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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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January 07, 2007 08:11
RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep
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It did. I was responding to Richard. The vowel length may well vary from accent/dialect to accent/di......
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January 07, 2007 08:09
RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep
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No, not in the Black Country. Everywhere. It's part of what's called assimilation which is the chang......
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January 07, 2007 07:50
RE: Bluffing Game: [b]Décalage[/b]
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I forgot to do one but I'll guess anyway. I'll try 1....
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