At 04:37 PM 9/9/2002 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
>> [Da][n] [Ko][ga][i], 5 Japanese Syllables, 3 English Syllables
>
>5 moras, 3 syllables, actually.
A new vocabulary word for me, so I looked it up...
>moˇra
>n. pl. moˇrae or moˇras
>The minimal unit of metrical time in quantitative verse, equal to the short syllable.
How does this apply unless I write something like?
" I think that I shall never see
a Kogai lovely as a tree "
"Mora" sounds like jargon for a more specialized situation, unless I am missing something ...
Barry Caplan
http://www.i18n.com
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