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https://xkcd.com/2919/ Alt text: First comes blood / Then we perish / Then comes Death in his Eternity Carriage.
minus-square@enkillelinkEnglish26•2 months agoYou can’t just toss a “w” in there and pretend you’re not affecting the meter. I mean, obviously you can, but you really shouldn’t.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoMaybe it’s just my accent but the way I naturally do 'whaling" doesn’t affect the meter. Like, “dubya-atche-ay-el-aye-en-gee” I presume you’d do “double-yoo”?
You can’t just toss a “w” in there and pretend you’re not affecting the meter. I mean, obviously you can, but you really shouldn’t.
Maybe it’s just my accent but the way I naturally do 'whaling" doesn’t affect the meter.
Like, “dubya-atche-ay-el-aye-en-gee”
I presume you’d do “double-yoo”?
Just “dub”
That’s what makes it alarming