tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4517844691822088658..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Lewis Carroll describes sleep paralysisMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-86919847575088221642017-07-31T21:08:18.338-05:002017-07-31T21:08:18.338-05:00Start writing your book on sleep paralysis. :-)
...Start writing your book on sleep paralysis. :-)<br /><br />I look forward to reading (a rough draft maybe) of your collections and comparisons of sleep paralysis descriptions in literature.Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55354093501482396062017-07-30T02:52:58.103-05:002017-07-30T02:52:58.103-05:00I came down to make the same Tolkien comment, as w...I came down to make the same Tolkien comment, as well as to point out that many editions of Shakespeare also use the diaeresis, presumably to preserve the rhythm of the lines. It's also interesting to note that in Japanese, for instance, vowels are always pronounced distinctly and separately; kawaii rhymes with Hawaii, not Kawai. Diaeresis marks are not used in Romaji translations; it's simply how the language functions.Peter Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036217573886263890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-57604923112813584992017-07-30T00:55:02.902-05:002017-07-30T00:55:02.902-05:00Tolkien used the diaeresis for similar purposes wh...Tolkien used the diaeresis for similar purposes when rendering Elvish in English, as an aid to pronunciation: either to indicate that two vowels are to be pronounced separately (e.g. <i>eär</i>, "ay-ar" not "eer"), or that a final <i>e</i> is not silent (e.g. <i>Oromë</i> "oh-roh-may" not "oh-roam"). <br /><br />(Source: bottom-most reply in <a href="https://www.quora.com/Was-Tolkiens-frequent-use-of-diacritics-necessary-for-correct-pronunciation-within-his-invented-language-construct-or-did-he-just-add-them-because-they-look-cool-on-the-page" rel="nofollow">this thread</a>).Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com