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>>_Moonshot
You might as well tell people. Traffic's about to die off in this thread, and if nobody's solved it by now, they're not going to spend any more time on it.
You might as well tell people. Traffic's about to die off in this thread, and if nobody's solved it by now, they're not going to spend any more time on it.
>>Pascoite
I can't pronounce realize in two syllables unless I'm trying to mangle it, so in a poem it should be three (for me). I wouldn't see it as two unless you made it re'lize.
I can't pronounce realize in two syllables unless I'm trying to mangle it, so in a poem it should be three (for me). I wouldn't see it as two unless you made it re'lize.
>>_Moonshot
I thought pretty much the same thing about yours. In fact, I ranked yours second on my slate, right after the one that we all gave first place to.
I don't even think that this was bad, necessarily, but I knew going into it that people around here tend not to care much for meta jokes, and even I didn't think this one was all that funny. I think about all this has going for it is the surprise limerick at the end. And when I read all the other entries and saw how good they all were, I knew I was going to end up very near the bottom.
And remember, I did predict that this would happen:
>>Trick_Question
Thanks! That really is all I was ever aiming for.
I thought pretty much the same thing about yours. In fact, I ranked yours second on my slate, right after the one that we all gave first place to.
I don't even think that this was bad, necessarily, but I knew going into it that people around here tend not to care much for meta jokes, and even I didn't think this one was all that funny. I think about all this has going for it is the surprise limerick at the end. And when I read all the other entries and saw how good they all were, I knew I was going to end up very near the bottom.
And remember, I did predict that this would happen:
Low effort entries
And meta references
Always turn out well
>>Trick_Question
Thanks! That really is all I was ever aiming for.
>>Trick_Question
Yes, the two-syllable pronunciation you have there is the one I hear most people use. Maybe it's a regional thing, but I've lived enough places that it would cover Ohio, North Carolina, Connecticut, and Maryland. Poets don't always know that, but they have to be careful around words that have that effect, or it'll sound off to some readers and fine to others. I've run into this myself before, as to whether "squirrel" is one syllable or two.
Yes, the two-syllable pronunciation you have there is the one I hear most people use. Maybe it's a regional thing, but I've lived enough places that it would cover Ohio, North Carolina, Connecticut, and Maryland. Poets don't always know that, but they have to be careful around words that have that effect, or it'll sound off to some readers and fine to others. I've run into this myself before, as to whether "squirrel" is one syllable or two.
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The "Last event" section needs to be "Recent events" and put stuff that has concluded in the past five days to a week. This event never appeared there for any length of time because two events ended simultaneously.
Somepony please get this suggestion to him, I dunno if he'll see this and I can't join the chat.
The "Last event" section needs to be "Recent events" and put stuff that has concluded in the past five days to a week. This event never appeared there for any length of time because two events ended simultaneously.
Somepony please get this suggestion to him, I dunno if he'll see this and I can't join the chat.
>>Pascoite
I admit when I say "realize" the syllables are so close together you can hear two when I'm actually pronouncing three. It's more how I think about it in my head that controls how I see it in a poem.
I admit when I say "realize" the syllables are so close together you can hear two when I'm actually pronouncing three. It's more how I think about it in my head that controls how I see it in a poem.
>>Pascoite
>>Trick_Question
Long vowels:
Followed by liquid consonants--words that rhyme with "eel" and "ile" and "ire" and "oil" and like that--are always problematic in metered poetry 'cause folks pronounce them differently in different places. I pretty much just avoid using them where I can.
But I've never in my life heard "realize" pronounced with 2 syllables--I'll point to the Beatles song "No Reply" as a very clear example of the word with 3 syllables--and none of the dictionaries I've looked at either on paper or online gives a 2 syllable pronunciation even as an option.
Still, I'll likely add "realize" to my list of words to avoid just to keep the question from coming up. Thanks for the comments!
Mike
>>Trick_Question
Long vowels:
Followed by liquid consonants--words that rhyme with "eel" and "ile" and "ire" and "oil" and like that--are always problematic in metered poetry 'cause folks pronounce them differently in different places. I pretty much just avoid using them where I can.
But I've never in my life heard "realize" pronounced with 2 syllables--I'll point to the Beatles song "No Reply" as a very clear example of the word with 3 syllables--and none of the dictionaries I've looked at either on paper or online gives a 2 syllable pronunciation even as an option.
Still, I'll likely add "realize" to my list of words to avoid just to keep the question from coming up. Thanks for the comments!
Mike
>>Baal Bunny
I suspect that's the problem right there. "Real" is being pronounced as "reel," losing a syllable. I grew up in basically the middle of the areas >>Pascoite lists, so I naturally pronounce it that way too.
Long vowels:
Followed by liquid consonants--words that rhyme with "eel"
I suspect that's the problem right there. "Real" is being pronounced as "reel," losing a syllable. I grew up in basically the middle of the areas >>Pascoite lists, so I naturally pronounce it that way too.
>>Pascoite
>>Bachiavellian
>>LoftyWithers
>>Baal Bunny
So, I know this is a bit late, but I wanted to thank you guys for reviewing my poem.
Change was about a mirror in the woods, and when you look at it, you see what you will be in the future, hence the caterpillar molding into a butterfly, etc. I do agree that the ‘you’ perspective at the end is clunky, but I couldn’t find a better way to do it, like Bachi said.
I know you guys may feel disheartened to review because you get less and less likes and reviews of the story, but I wanted to let you guys know I always read and appreciate your feedback. <3
>>Bachiavellian
>>LoftyWithers
>>Baal Bunny
So, I know this is a bit late, but I wanted to thank you guys for reviewing my poem.
Change was about a mirror in the woods, and when you look at it, you see what you will be in the future, hence the caterpillar molding into a butterfly, etc. I do agree that the ‘you’ perspective at the end is clunky, but I couldn’t find a better way to do it, like Bachi said.
I know you guys may feel disheartened to review because you get less and less likes and reviews of the story, but I wanted to let you guys know I always read and appreciate your feedback. <3
>>The_Letter_J
>>Trick_Question
>>LoftyWithers
>>horizon
>>Bachiavellian
>>Pascoite
Five months later:
This poem, now titled "Mirror, Mirror", is up in its revised form on the Silver Blade website. Thanks again for everyone's help here!
Mike
>>Trick_Question
>>LoftyWithers
>>horizon
>>Bachiavellian
>>Pascoite
Five months later:
This poem, now titled "Mirror, Mirror", is up in its revised form on the Silver Blade website. Thanks again for everyone's help here!
Mike