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A monosyllable equivalent to 'once' can be repeated to express rhythm
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:18 am
by Hyolobrika
For example, "The password is to knock once-once, once-once". That would describe a particular way of knocking 4 times.
Re: A monosyllable equivalent to 'once' can be repeated to express rhythm
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:48 am
by So Haleza Grise
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."
Re: A monosyllable equivalent to 'once' can be repeated to express rhythm
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 3:17 pm
by Hyolobrika
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.