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

[Beverly Flanigan]

Oops, I just remembered anapest--wasn't that what Mark's reading of the
line was?  "The AsSYRian came DOWN like a WOLF on the FOLD..." vs. "THIS is
the FORest primEval"--or whatever.  I'm dipping WAY back for these.

At 06:11 PM 2/20/01 -0500, you wrote:
>         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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Beverly Olson Flanigan         Department of Linguistics
Ohio University                     Athens, OH  45701
Ph.: (740) 593-4568              Fax: (740) 593-2967
http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/linguistics/dept/flanigan.htm