From a Facebook friend, a facinating article on the schwa, which leads to this video on English as a stress-timed language. They mention Spanish and French as syllable-timed. I wonder about other languages, such as German and Swiss German, but do not have time at the moment to investigate. And I thought we were just being lazy.
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"And I thought we were just being lazy"
Me, too! I get annoyed at myself for saying "fer" instead of "for".
Posted by
joyful
on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 1:29 pm
Ha! I know I need to slow down, but I always thought it sounded weird when people annunciated every word - this is why!
Posted by
Janet
on Friday, May 23, 2014 at 2:48 pm
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