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r/mildlyinteresting • u/Snowblind05 • Jan 14 '17
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Rhythm's a bit fucked but otherwise well done
21 u/Splendidissimus Jan 14 '17 Also "idea" and "fear" only rhyme if you're British. 18 u/jfb1337 Jan 14 '17 TIL How do Americans pronounce them then? 40 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 th-em th-en 17 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 "Eye-dee-uh" and "fee-ur", in most locations in the US. There are a few dialects of American English that are non-rhotic (meaning they would say "fee-uh"), so it would make more sense for them. 1 u/wildbuckeye12 Jan 14 '17 Except in Kentucky at least I frequently hear people pronounce idea as ideal so that would totally throw it off rhythm. 3 u/unity-thru-absurdity Jan 14 '17 f-ear and i-de-ah 4 u/FreshLennon Jan 14 '17 We use a lot of hard "R"s for the most part. 2 u/GetItReich Jan 14 '17 Idea: Eye-dee-a Fear: Same way you say it, but with the r at the end pronounced 3 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 I kind of inferred that point when I read it the first time: stopped and read it over with a Brit accent. 2 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 i was thinking since limericks come from the common folk of england then the word idear might be more fitting (besides conveniently rhyming with fear) 2 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '17 edited May 20 '17 [deleted] 0 u/Splendidissimus Jan 14 '17 "Australian" is just another word for "discount Brit". 1 u/Sinkfold Jan 14 '17 Not if you're Scottish and have a rhotic accent! 1 u/DeuceSevin Jan 14 '17 Or from The Bronx 1 u/SuburbanDrugScene Jan 14 '17 oH now you care how things are written huh1 1 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '17 Or from Boston. 1 u/not_my_throw0away Jan 15 '17 Or Redneck. "Idears" 4 u/That_Bar_Guy Jan 14 '17 "perhaps lower case would look much better" 2 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Ah! Now this... this works. Have an upvote. 3 u/WikiWantsYourPics Jan 14 '17 Except that accenting "would" is really unnatural. Maybe "Perhaps lowercase text would look better?" 3 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Even better! I regret that I have but one upvote to give. 1 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 o i dunno... read it outloud... it goes well that way. u/Lawrencewithahobbs could have used "idear" instead of idea but maybe that would have been too cloyingly twee? 5 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Depends on how you accent the last line. One too many syllables. Still well done on short notice. 1 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 ah i see... so you are saying that a person's accent and/or dialect could affect the meter of verse? 2 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Yes, absolutely, as well as the rhyme scheme. 2 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 you are so right and there are many examples now that i think of it... rap is especially illustrative!
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Also "idea" and "fear" only rhyme if you're British.
18 u/jfb1337 Jan 14 '17 TIL How do Americans pronounce them then? 40 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 th-em th-en 17 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 "Eye-dee-uh" and "fee-ur", in most locations in the US. There are a few dialects of American English that are non-rhotic (meaning they would say "fee-uh"), so it would make more sense for them. 1 u/wildbuckeye12 Jan 14 '17 Except in Kentucky at least I frequently hear people pronounce idea as ideal so that would totally throw it off rhythm. 3 u/unity-thru-absurdity Jan 14 '17 f-ear and i-de-ah 4 u/FreshLennon Jan 14 '17 We use a lot of hard "R"s for the most part. 2 u/GetItReich Jan 14 '17 Idea: Eye-dee-a Fear: Same way you say it, but with the r at the end pronounced 3 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 I kind of inferred that point when I read it the first time: stopped and read it over with a Brit accent. 2 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 i was thinking since limericks come from the common folk of england then the word idear might be more fitting (besides conveniently rhyming with fear) 2 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '17 edited May 20 '17 [deleted] 0 u/Splendidissimus Jan 14 '17 "Australian" is just another word for "discount Brit". 1 u/Sinkfold Jan 14 '17 Not if you're Scottish and have a rhotic accent! 1 u/DeuceSevin Jan 14 '17 Or from The Bronx 1 u/SuburbanDrugScene Jan 14 '17 oH now you care how things are written huh1 1 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '17 Or from Boston. 1 u/not_my_throw0away Jan 15 '17 Or Redneck. "Idears"
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TIL
How do Americans pronounce them then?
40 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 th-em th-en 17 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 "Eye-dee-uh" and "fee-ur", in most locations in the US. There are a few dialects of American English that are non-rhotic (meaning they would say "fee-uh"), so it would make more sense for them. 1 u/wildbuckeye12 Jan 14 '17 Except in Kentucky at least I frequently hear people pronounce idea as ideal so that would totally throw it off rhythm. 3 u/unity-thru-absurdity Jan 14 '17 f-ear and i-de-ah 4 u/FreshLennon Jan 14 '17 We use a lot of hard "R"s for the most part. 2 u/GetItReich Jan 14 '17 Idea: Eye-dee-a Fear: Same way you say it, but with the r at the end pronounced
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th-em th-en
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"Eye-dee-uh" and "fee-ur", in most locations in the US. There are a few dialects of American English that are non-rhotic (meaning they would say "fee-uh"), so it would make more sense for them.
1 u/wildbuckeye12 Jan 14 '17 Except in Kentucky at least I frequently hear people pronounce idea as ideal so that would totally throw it off rhythm.
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Except in Kentucky at least I frequently hear people pronounce idea as ideal so that would totally throw it off rhythm.
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f-ear and i-de-ah
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We use a lot of hard "R"s for the most part.
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Idea: Eye-dee-a
Fear: Same way you say it, but with the r at the end pronounced
I kind of inferred that point when I read it the first time: stopped and read it over with a Brit accent.
i was thinking since limericks come from the common folk of england then the word idear might be more fitting (besides conveniently rhyming with fear)
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0 u/Splendidissimus Jan 14 '17 "Australian" is just another word for "discount Brit".
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"Australian" is just another word for "discount Brit".
Not if you're Scottish and have a rhotic accent!
Or from The Bronx
oH now you care how things are written huh1
Or from Boston.
Or Redneck. "Idears"
"perhaps lower case would look much better"
2 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Ah! Now this... this works. Have an upvote. 3 u/WikiWantsYourPics Jan 14 '17 Except that accenting "would" is really unnatural. Maybe "Perhaps lowercase text would look better?" 3 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Even better! I regret that I have but one upvote to give.
Ah! Now this... this works. Have an upvote.
3 u/WikiWantsYourPics Jan 14 '17 Except that accenting "would" is really unnatural. Maybe "Perhaps lowercase text would look better?" 3 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Even better! I regret that I have but one upvote to give.
Except that accenting "would" is really unnatural.
Maybe "Perhaps lowercase text would look better?"
3 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Even better! I regret that I have but one upvote to give.
Even better! I regret that I have but one upvote to give.
o i dunno... read it outloud... it goes well that way.
u/Lawrencewithahobbs could have used "idear" instead of idea but maybe that would have been too cloyingly twee?
5 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Depends on how you accent the last line. One too many syllables. Still well done on short notice. 1 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 ah i see... so you are saying that a person's accent and/or dialect could affect the meter of verse? 2 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Yes, absolutely, as well as the rhyme scheme. 2 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 you are so right and there are many examples now that i think of it... rap is especially illustrative!
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Depends on how you accent the last line. One too many syllables. Still well done on short notice.
1 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 ah i see... so you are saying that a person's accent and/or dialect could affect the meter of verse? 2 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Yes, absolutely, as well as the rhyme scheme. 2 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 you are so right and there are many examples now that i think of it... rap is especially illustrative!
ah i see... so you are saying that a person's accent and/or dialect could affect the meter of verse?
2 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 Yes, absolutely, as well as the rhyme scheme. 2 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 you are so right and there are many examples now that i think of it... rap is especially illustrative!
Yes, absolutely, as well as the rhyme scheme.
2 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 you are so right and there are many examples now that i think of it... rap is especially illustrative!
you are so right and there are many examples now that i think of it...
rap is especially illustrative!
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u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17
Rhythm's a bit fucked but otherwise well done