Re: Metrical Stress, Feet, etc.

Tristan McLeay wrote:

>On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Mark J. Reed wrote:
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>>On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:24:05AM -0500, Mark J. Reed wrote:
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>>>Similarly, "realized", "supposed",  and "merely" are two syllables
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>>My mistake - "realized" is three syllables, although pronounced as two
>>in some dialects (mine included, obviously).
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>I'm not sure I get that. Isn't it more accurate to say it's two syllables
>in your dialect, but three in others? If it's pronounced as two, I've
>always understood that it is two. In English at least. (dia/lect,
>rea/lised, in/terest are all two syllables for me, as is ta/le)
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Indeed.  In my ideolect, I have both [rI:lAjzd] and [rij@lAjzd].  Same
with 'merely' [mI:li:] and [mij@li:].

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