sprinkles/jimmies (was: Angel-Hair; Soft Ice Cream; Pizza Bag el; Sirloin Tips)

[Baker, John]

        In the oral example passed on to me by my wife, there were indeed
five consecutive iambs:

        I'll HAVE ice CREAM with JIMmies ON it PLEASE.

        But I must admit that, if I just saw the sentence in print, I might
well lead with a couple of trochees and assume that a couple of commas
should be read in:

        I'LL have ICE cream, with JIMmies ON it, PLEASE.

John Baker


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beverly Flanigan [SMTP:flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 5:52 PM
> To:   ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Re: sprinkles/jimmies (was: Angel-Hair; Soft Ice Cream;
> Pizza Bagel; Sirloin Tips)
>
> Trochaic or dactylic?!  I've forgotten!
>
> At 03:11 PM 2/20/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >"Baker, John" <JBaker at STRADLEY.COM> writes:
> >
> > >>>>>
> >         Yes, jimmies are everywhere in Boston.  When my wife (who grew
> up in
> >suburban Boston) was in school, she learned as an example of iambic
> >pentameter "I'll have ice cream with jimmies on it please."
> ><<<<<
> >
> >Clink! Yeah, that would work in oral transmission... but when I *read*
> your
> >post, I automatically prosodized it as
> >
> >      i'll have ICE cream with JIMmies on it PLEASE
> >
> >I guess it's because I normally stress "ice cream" on the "ice".
> >
> >-- Mark
>
>
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