Repeating vowel SOUNDS is “assonance” – and yeah, we snickered at the name when we had that lesson in school! I don’t know if there’s a special term for “using all the vowels.”
Sorry, Caulfield (and thus Jef), but not only did that saw in fact apply accurately in the past, for the first 100 years or so of American dollars, for most people. it was an unattainable dream.
In early Germanic verse, which was alliterative, the ictus of the first, second, and third feet were to alliterate, the second foot being the hinge (so the alliteration might be either 1, 2, 3 or 1, 3, or 2, 3), and fourth foot did not alliterate. In this scheme, if the ictus of the 2nd foot was a vowel, the rules were the same except that the alliterating vowels had to be different from the “hinge” vowel. The sixth line of the Béowulf reads
egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð. . .
Note: eg is something like /ɛy/, eo is /eǝ̯/, and of course æ is /æ/ (as in sat). I.e., three quite different syllables. ð stood for the two kinds of our th as seen in thy and thigh (in Old English, which was which was automatic, unlike our English).
The good old diphthong… ‘w’ … all i know is that when I was a kid it was…. ‘a,e,i,o, u, and sometimes y’’ but somewhere in the 70 i was dating a first grade teacher and was shocked to find out ‘w’ sneaked in there….as a ‘sometimes’ vowel under the premise of a diphthong….as is in the word ‘how….’ so my question is….. how ?
nadie1943 about 3 years ago
quite clever
Chrisdiaz801 about 3 years ago
Good job, Caufield. He probably learned that while watching his parents on tax day.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
Arrrgh. Mallett gets the Pastis Prize today!
Bilan about 3 years ago
Mrs Olsen: You can think of something clever as that, but you forget your math assignment?
eromlig about 3 years ago
Another masterful job, Jef!
C about 3 years ago
And y
djlactin about 3 years ago
in a feW words, ‘w’ is also a vowel.
Sanspareil about 3 years ago
Sorry, alliteration uses one letter!
if you want to invent voweleration then you can use AEIOU
Doug K about 3 years ago
Is Alliteration applied always appealing?
… or do you have another angle on its allure?
Skeptical Meg about 3 years ago
Perfect. Just… perfect.
Old Girl about 3 years ago
That’s actually funny today. I’m just hung up on the order.
TheWildSow about 3 years ago
Repeating vowel SOUNDS is “assonance” – and yeah, we snickered at the name when we had that lesson in school! I don’t know if there’s a special term for “using all the vowels.”
pony21 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Acrostic for the win!
MS72 about 3 years ago
“Why? Because we like you!”
Ignatz Premium Member about 3 years ago
That’s a form of acrostic, not alliteration, you little smart@ss.
Serial Pedant about 3 years ago
I feel my pedantry stirring…
sandpiper about 3 years ago
There are the 5 professional vowels, Then there is Y a vowel wannabe.
calliarcale about 3 years ago
Yes, alliteration can use vowels as well as consonants.
SetInMyWays about 3 years ago
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 3 years ago
What has 4 letters, sometimes 9 letters, but never has 5 letters.
Tallguy about 3 years ago
Wow.
Cozmik Cowboy about 3 years ago
Sorry, Caulfield (and thus Jef), but not only did that saw in fact apply accurately in the past, for the first 100 years or so of American dollars, for most people. it was an unattainable dream.
Stephen Gilberg about 3 years ago
Incidentally, today I attended a meeting that highlighted one Joan Quigley. I pointed out that her name has all the vowels.
ckeller about 3 years ago
BRILLIANT.
mitchel.farr about 3 years ago
It goes back to when workers actually worked for $30/month and found.
AndrewSihler about 3 years ago
In early Germanic verse, which was alliterative, the ictus of the first, second, and third feet were to alliterate, the second foot being the hinge (so the alliteration might be either 1, 2, 3 or 1, 3, or 2, 3), and fourth foot did not alliterate. In this scheme, if the ictus of the 2nd foot was a vowel, the rules were the same except that the alliterating vowels had to be different from the “hinge” vowel. The sixth line of the Béowulf reads
egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð. . .
Note: eg is something like /ɛy/, eo is /eǝ̯/, and of course æ is /æ/ (as in sat). I.e., three quite different syllables. ð stood for the two kinds of our th as seen in thy and thigh (in Old English, which was which was automatic, unlike our English).
kennnyp about 3 years ago
The good old diphthong… ‘w’ … all i know is that when I was a kid it was…. ‘a,e,i,o, u, and sometimes y’’ but somewhere in the 70 i was dating a first grade teacher and was shocked to find out ‘w’ sneaked in there….as a ‘sometimes’ vowel under the premise of a diphthong….as is in the word ‘how….’ so my question is….. how ?
falcon_370f about 3 years ago
No, alliteration is repeated CONSONANT sounds at the beginning of words.
Mary McNeil Premium Member about 3 years ago
Old MacDonald could not be reached for comment…
Lambutts about 3 years ago
Old McDonald was dyslexic, “O-I-E-I-E”
Lambutts about 3 years ago
Would’ve been more creative if you had used A-E-I-O-U in alphabetical order. :)
rugeirn about 3 years ago
The vowel thing is more likely assonance or rhyme.
Bill Löhr Premium Member about 3 years ago
Punctuation is important (though not always audible): “Sometimes. Why?”, “Sometimes y.”