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Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

From:Jake X <starvingpoet@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 23:16
['tSr\Ist'@n r\oUt]:

> > > Not two syllables: two morae. > >Since when did Japanese become Latin? > >I didn't think Japanese had a plural in -ae, > >or a plural suffix at all for that matter. > > > mo·ra > n. pl. mo·rae or mo·ras > > The minimal unit of metrical time in quantitative verse, equal to > the short syllable. > > [Latin, pause.]
Oops. :- | ::goes to the corner and bangs head on wall after looking up derivation:: Why did I assert myself without it? I guess I always assumed that mora was a Japanese word because I had only heard it in the context of Japanese poetry. ::turns red:: Jake