10-29-2016, 10:05 PM
Hi, Hale, are you reading aloud? The reason those particular unstressed syllables don't throw me off is they are sort of swallowed. A word like shadowy is tricky because the last syllable, even if pronounced with a slight rise, does not come up to the first syllable. a SHADowy CORner. One has to listen carefully. I learned the hard way when I tried to rhyme abacus here :
http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-16457...light=nicu
I had to listen to it in a googled pronounciation search multiple times before I got a clue as to what people where telling me. Sometimes it's not so easy.
Ha, I just started reading that thread myself, same problem with escapades. Those types of words are fun to play with and more interesting than true/blue but full of boobytraps.
http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-16457...light=nicu
I had to listen to it in a googled pronounciation search multiple times before I got a clue as to what people where telling me. Sometimes it's not so easy.
Ha, I just started reading that thread myself, same problem with escapades. Those types of words are fun to play with and more interesting than true/blue but full of boobytraps.
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