Trochee fixation - explains about 30% of pop culture over the last 30 years.
It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?
Joyce ,'Chosen'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Feb 08, 2011 11:14:25 am PST #21790 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
erin_obscure - Feb 08, 2011 11:32:33 am PST #21791 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
aren't pretty much all 2 syllable works in the english language trochees? We rarely move emphasis off the first syllable.
msbelle - Feb 08, 2011 11:34:41 am PST #21792 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have a job interview on Friday!
lisah - Feb 08, 2011 11:35:10 am PST #21793 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
woohoo, msbelle!
Lee - Feb 08, 2011 11:35:11 am PST #21794 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
YAY
-t - Feb 08, 2011 11:36:08 am PST #21795 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Woo! Go, msbelle.
I have a black cat curled up next to me right now, AIFG.
Jesse - Feb 08, 2011 11:37:59 am PST #21796 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Woo hoo, msbelle! Good luck.
Kat - Feb 08, 2011 11:38:06 am PST #21797 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
aren't pretty much all 2 syllable works in the english language trochees? We rarely move emphasis off the first syllable.
No. Because iambic, which is the dominant meter of the English language, not just poetry, would be extremely difficult. Though most participles ending in -ing and most adverbs ending in -ly are trochee.
Kat - Feb 08, 2011 11:38:47 am PST #21798 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
YAY msbelle! Sending you good luck!
SailAweigh - Feb 08, 2011 11:40:08 am PST #21799 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Go, msbelle!
I have two black cats (one solid and one tuxedo) and am perfectly happy with them. I don't know what I'll wind up with for the next cat I get, though, as I'm always being given cats and they're black. If I actually chose for myself, I'm not sure if I might not just go for another color because black will have become passe.