Re: Latin help

On 9/5/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> Okay, if "illud" and "negat" are normally stressed on the final syllable,
> then I concede your point.
Uhm, that's not his point.  Ray admitted in his last message that such
is not the case ("OK - it's not the stress of Latin prose").

I believe his point was that Latin verse is not built around stress
and rhyme and therefore not best judged by such criteria.

As far as the disyllabic "can" - I've heard it sung both ways, but
even when the melody does have two notes there, that's only at the end
of a verse.  During the repetition of the line as the start of the
next verse there's only 7 syllables, just like the model from the
first verse  "For he's a jol-ly good fel-low".


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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>