[Ann Drysdale]

I long ago learned here (and it was Rick who taught me) that the differences should be acknowledged and, where possible, celebrated. Resistance is futile (or fewtle).

I once heard an Americn evangelist who said that we (as a race) express our longing for the almighty with an exhalation of desire - aaah. As in Allaaah, Yaaahweh and - Gaaad. I was surprised and amused to realise that my own short English "o" set me permanently outwith his personal pale.

Slightly off-topic, for which I apologise, but so long as we keep this sort of discussion at the level of delighted discovery, we'll fadge.

[Maryann Corbett]

Carolyn, just in case you haven't played with it yet, here's the site's search page.

If you search the keyword "scansion" in thread titles only, showing results as threads rather than posts, you'll get as your result set a nice assortment of discussions.

We've had many, many bouts of the fisticuffs you refer to. The most interesting ones--the ones relevant to a particular context, poem, word, etc.--aren't here any more, alas, because threads on the workshop boards (as opposed to the discussion boards) are regularly pruned. (I remember the one Ann is talking about )

Don't mind Michael, who tends to dig in his heels against doctrine about scansion. I'm at the opposite extreme; I love theory and linguistics, impractical though they often are.