Would that be the long and short of it, Desmond?
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dave
2009/9/28 Desmond Swords <[log in to unmask]>
> Hello Patrick.
>
> Sorry if i sounded condescending. When i read back what I had written, it
> is
> clear why you would have got the wrong end of the stick because of my
> imprecise attempt at sounding poetic.
>
> ~
>
> Hello Alison.
>
> The traditional meaning of masc and fem rhyme are below (from wiki)
>
> ~
>
> Perfect rhymes can be classified according to the number of syllables
> included in the rhyme.
>
> masculine: a rhyme in which the stress is on the final syllable of the
> words.
>
> (rhyme, sublime)
>
> feminine: a rhyme in which the stress is on the penultimate (second from
> last) syllable of the words. (picky, tricky)
>
> ~
>
> For years, until very recently, for some reason, I thought feminine and
> masculine, in prosodic terms, meant what I call, feminine and masculine
> stressed vowels, which don't exist as a technical term. I got the wrong end
> of the stick somewhere along the way at the start of my training, and
> thought my invention was part of ancient Greek prosody, when it was just my
> own mind making it up.
>
> Nevertheless, they are still useful terms, because:
>
> Feminine stressed vowels are
>
> ah eh ih o uh - as in: thAt - thEm - thIs - spOt - shUt
>
> Masculine stressed vowels are
>
> aye - ee - I - O - ewe - as in: wAy - wE - wIne - wrOte - flUte.
>
> cheers
>
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