A monosyllable equivalent to 'once' can be repeated to express rhythm

Hyolobrika · Post by **Hyolobrika** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:18 am

For example, "The password is to knock once-once, once-once". That would describe a particular way of knocking 4 times.

So Haleza Grise · Post by **So Haleza Grise** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:48 am

Like "da" used to vocalise rhythms in English? Shave and a haircut goes: "DA da da DA da, da da".

Morse code is (was?) customarily vocalised with "dit" for "dot" and "da" for "dash."

Hyolobrika · Post by **Hyolobrika** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 3:17 pm

So Haleza Grise wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:48 am Like "da" used to vocalise rhythms in English? Shave and a haircut goes: "DA da da DA da, da da".

Yep, that's right except in (my) English you have to put "like this" plus a pause in front.
I must have been inspired by that without knowing it (or with?), a bit like cryptamnesia.

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