Sally Caves wrote:
> So, in rethinking your question, I think it would be very hard for even the
> toughest linguist, to say that this was nonsense. If it is not a
For a twenty-second sample, that's what I'd expect. Twenty seconds is
extremely brief for a statistical analysis of most things.
> recognizable language, one might assume that it is invented. Let me ask you
> this, though: did you write it down and practice it first? Something like
> this is harder to produce spontaneously. But I have often made written
> exercise like this for myself!
It was completely spontaneous.
The metre I use when I'm reciting poetry in the same form lacks
variety - I tend to use a metre and rhyming pattern based on that of
"The Deserted Village" by Oliver Goldsmith. Perhaps I should try to
branch out in this respect.
If you're ever in Adelaide we'll have to practice on each other. I'd
enjoy that :-)
Adrian.