tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post6445761616069187950..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: Almer materJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-37057873579073430262007-09-21T23:01:00.000-04:002007-09-21T23:01:00.000-04:00I spent the first few months in nyc being asked: "...I spent the first few months in nyc being asked: "Marine-err! Are you going to Yo-gerr?" by Lucia, who would then collapse into giggles. <BR/>I just can't hear that, in my accent - but I'm told it's there!Marinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387553977006099896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-42731520303866104892007-09-21T20:22:00.000-04:002007-09-21T20:22:00.000-04:003. Per _Educating Rita_, assonance "means getting ...3. Per _Educating Rita_, assonance "means getting the rhyme wrong!"Brent Bucknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754659334435107746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-66954996601514433532007-09-21T20:10:00.000-04:002007-09-21T20:10:00.000-04:001. No, unfortunately not...2. Indeed!3. Someone (n...1. No, unfortunately not...<BR/>2. Indeed!<BR/>3. Someone (not me) needs to write a wikipedia entry for "Cockney rhymes." Meanwhile, here's the relevant extract, if you're interested:<BR/><BR/>http://www.john-keats.com/biografie/blackwood.htm<BR/><BR/>The irony being that the rhymes Lockwood disparaged as "Cockney" (i.e. fawn/thorn) would become a very conspicuous feature of RP a hundred and fifty years later...<BR/><BR/>This is the review that Shelley and Byron thought responsible for Keats's death. Byron in Don Juan: "'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, / Should let itself be snuffed out by an Article."Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-72019605702084839092007-09-21T19:59:00.000-04:002007-09-21T19:59:00.000-04:001. Do you have a more parsimonious expression than...1. Do you have a more parsimonious expression than "alma mater"?<BR/>2. I'm sure that "car key" is the correct pronunciation. Let's settle it by a survey of my local pub.<BR/>3. The cockney rhymes with which I am familiar are all just cockney rhyming slang!Brent Bucknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754659334435107746noreply@blogger.com