01-07-2012, 03:30 AM
Mark,
It could be we are close enough in speech patterns, that the line doesn't read as jarring, whereas GrannyJill, being on that little island of hers has greater divergence from us, than we do from each other. Whereas she might break it into a two syllable pattern
at the | sight of | a
I tend to run the first three words together, if not the first four, and unconsciously consider it as a single group, rather than two distinct groups. I suspect in this, you and I have similar speech inflections.
You did however crush my hopes by including the parenthetical explanation of "'Tail' is common here in Alabama". I was ready to pack!![[Image: sigh.gif]](http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/sigh.gif)
Dale
It could be we are close enough in speech patterns, that the line doesn't read as jarring, whereas GrannyJill, being on that little island of hers has greater divergence from us, than we do from each other. Whereas she might break it into a two syllable pattern
at the | sight of | a
I tend to run the first three words together, if not the first four, and unconsciously consider it as a single group, rather than two distinct groups. I suspect in this, you and I have similar speech inflections.
You did however crush my hopes by including the parenthetical explanation of "'Tail' is common here in Alabama". I was ready to pack!
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.