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 almost 3 years ago
quite clever
Chrisdiaz801 almost 3 years ago
Good job, Caufield. He probably learned that while watching his parents on tax day.
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
Arrrgh. Mallett gets the Pastis Prize today!
Bilan almost 3 years ago
Mrs Olsen: You can think of something clever as that, but you forget your math assignment?
eromlig almost 3 years ago
Another masterful job, Jef!
C almost 3 years ago
And y
djlactin almost 3 years ago
in a feW words, ‘w’ is also a vowel.
Sanspareil almost 3 years ago
Sorry, alliteration uses one letter!
if you want to invent voweleration then you can use AEIOU
Doug K almost 3 years ago
Is Alliteration applied always appealing?
… or do you have another angle on its allure?
Mountain Meg almost 3 years ago
Perfect. Just… perfect.
Old Girl almost 3 years ago
That’s actually funny today. I’m just hung up on the order.
TheWildSow almost 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 almost 3 years ago
Acrostic for the win!
MS72 almost 3 years ago
“Why? Because we like you!”
Ignatz Premium Member almost 3 years ago
That’s a form of acrostic, not alliteration, you little smart@ss.
Serial Pedant almost 3 years ago
I feel my pedantry stirring…
sandpiper almost 3 years ago
There are the 5 professional vowels, Then there is Y a vowel wannabe.
calliarcale almost 3 years ago
Yes, alliteration can use vowels as well as consonants.
SetInMyWays almost 3 years ago
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 3 years ago
What has 4 letters, sometimes 9 letters, but never has 5 letters.
Tallguy almost 3 years ago
Wow.
Cozmik Cowboy almost 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 almost 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 almost 3 years ago
BRILLIANT.
mitchel.farr almost 3 years ago
It goes back to when workers actually worked for $30/month and found.
AndrewSihler almost 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 almost 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 almost 3 years ago
No, alliteration is repeated CONSONANT sounds at the beginning of words.
Mary McNeil Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Old MacDonald could not be reached for comment…
Lambutts almost 3 years ago
Old McDonald was dyslexic, “O-I-E-I-E”
Lambutts almost 3 years ago
Would’ve been more creative if you had used A-E-I-O-U in alphabetical order. :)
rugeirn almost 3 years ago
The vowel thing is more likely assonance or rhyme.
Bill Löhr Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Punctuation is important (though not always audible): “Sometimes. Why?”, “Sometimes y.”