on 10/2/02 6:05 pm, cara may at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Sally, Do you not think that the varying cadences of
> real speech have rhythm. I have often thought that
> some daily (overheard) conversation with its
> repetitions and re-assertions is like antiphony or
> recitative or almost like a musical form such as a
> sonata or symphony. Just perhaps, this is more marked
> where people speak in greater conformity to folk
> traditions. cheers, cara
>
Oh yes, Cara, that's quite right. I didnt mean they all had to have
tum-te-tum rhythm. & perhaps country speech is more relished than
cosmopolitan speech..Sally-ee
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