I think I say tv as a spondee.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Jan 12, 2009 5:57:28 pm PST #1034 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
JenP - Jan 12, 2009 5:59:15 pm PST #1035 of 30000
A what, now?
ETA: OK, I looked it up. I think maybe I do, too, now that you mention it. But if I had to pick a syllable to stress, it would be the V.
amych - Jan 12, 2009 6:05:15 pm PST #1036 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
TV is mostly spondee, but can go one way or t'other based on the overall rhythm of the sentence. Dig my prosodic anarchy!
I've been trying to remember if I've ever heard a class or region of Americans say anything other than ma-CHURE. Individuals, maybe, but not as a consistent thing. And there are definitely gradations of CHURE vs CHER. But no TURE.
Kat - Jan 12, 2009 6:10:05 pm PST #1037 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
TV is absolutely spondee.
§ ita § - Jan 12, 2009 6:18:06 pm PST #1038 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I pronounce the T in mature.
JenP - Jan 12, 2009 6:20:21 pm PST #1039 of 30000
Am I the only one who never learned the word spondee? Doesn't even look like a real word, people. Spondaic, on the other hand...
I like it. Spondee. Spondee, spondee, spondee. Hey, my spellchecker doesn't like it. And spondee isn't a spondee. Also, it sounds like an insult.
msbelle - Jan 12, 2009 6:29:19 pm PST #1040 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I had teacher Mr. Sponberg in highschool - we called him Spondee sometimes. That's all it means to me, never heard it for anything else.
Beverly - Jan 12, 2009 6:30:33 pm PST #1041 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'm partial to dipthong, myself. Sounds like an aboriginal musical instrument. Spondee sounds like the fabric used to make racing swimsuits and control undergarments.
msbelle - Jan 12, 2009 7:11:24 pm PST #1042 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Why does my TIVO say "Preview of the New Series LIE TO ME" and the NOT have a preview, but merely give me recording options. I WANT THE GD PREVIEW!
ok, bed.
§ ita § - Jan 12, 2009 7:16:28 pm PST #1043 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.