Uhnd hIR Iz THuh wAHn-As-kAHn AWl-muh-nak, fuh-nEt-ik vUHR-zhuhn, fOR wUHRd-wEnz-day, di-sEm-buhr ayt-tEEn, tOO thOU-zuhnd nien-tEEn, THuh fIf-tee-wUHn-uhst wEnz-day uhv THuh yIR, THuh thrEE hUHn-druhd /fifty-twond/ dAY uhv THuh yIR, wIth thuhr-tEEn dAYz ri-mAY-ning. tuh-dAY wEE AHn-uhr THOHz hOO rIEt In dIE-uh-lekt.
nORd-hIEm lUHnch:hAHt tUHR-kee plAYt
nORd-hIEm lUHnch:
sUHn-riez: 8:13am; sUHn-set: 4:28pm/; 18 sEk-uhndz lEs dAY-liet tuh-dAY
mOOn-riez: 12:18am; mOOn-set: 12:20pm, wAY-ning jIb-uhs
tEm-pruh-chur AWl-muh-nak fOR di-sEm-buhr ayt-tEEn, tOO thOU-zuhnd nien-tEEn
Av-rij rEk-uhrd tuh-dAY
hIE 17 42 15
lOH 0 -37 6
di-sEm-buhr ayt-tEEn sel-uh-brAY-shuhnz fruhm nAsh-uhn-l dAY kAl-uhn-duhr
- nAsh-uhn-l twIn dAY
- nAsh-uhn-l rOHst sUHk-ling pIg dAY
- An-suhr THuh tEl-uh-fohn lIEk bUHd-ee THee Elf dAY
- UHn-duhr-dawg dAY
- nAsh-uhn-l wAIR uh plUHn-juhr AWn yOR hEd dAY
di-sEm-buhr ayt-tEEn wUHRd rId-l
chAYnj THEEz wUHRdz In-too uh sInggUHl wUHRd: hAHRd kAYs.*
di-sEm-buhr ayt-tEEn pUHn
IE lIEk mIE kAn-dee kAYnz In mInt kuhn-dIsh-uhn.
di-sEm-buhr ayt-tEEn nOH-tuh-buhl hi-stOR-ik i-vEnts, lIt-uhr-rair-ee OR UHTH-uhr-wiez, fruhm AWn THIs dAY
- 1719 tAHm-uhs flEEt pUHb-li-shuhz mUHTH-uhr gOO-suhz mEl-uh-deez fOR chIl-druhn.
- 1796 bAWl-tuh-mor mAHn-uh-tuhr bi-kUHmz THuh fUHRst UHs nOOz-pay-puhr tOO uh-pIR AWn sUHn-day.
- 1966 dAHk-tuhr. sOOs' hOU THuh grInch stOHl krIs-muhs AIRz fOR wUHn-uhst tIEm AWn see-bEEz.
di-sEm-buhr ayt-tEEn /Author/Artist/Character/ bUHRth-dayz, fruhm AWn THIs dAY
- 1879 pAWl klAY.
- 1943 kEEth rIch-uhrdz.
- 1970 rAHb vAn dAm.
mAYk uh sInggUHl sEnt-ns (OR pOH-uhm) fruhm THuh fAHl-uh-wing wUHRdz:
- am-fuhs-bEE-nuh: uh lEj-uhn-dair-ee sUHR-puhnt wIth uh hEd uht EEch End.
- Ap-uh-tuhns: in-tEns di-zIE-uhr; strAWng nAch-uhr-ruhl krAY-ving; Ap-uh-tiet.
- bAY-luh-trAHn: jOH-kuhr, klOUn.
- kAm-ruh-list: uhn i-kAHn-uh-mist hOO strAWng-lee Em-fuh-sie-zuhz puh-lIt-i-kuhl fAk-tuhrz In rek-uh-mEn-ding ek-uh-nAHm-ik pAHl-uh-see.
kontemptus mundi : dis-ri-gAHRd uhv OR dis-dAYn fOR wUHRldlI OR tEm-puhr-ruhl kuhn-sUHRnz. - die-vuh-gAY-shuhn: tOO wAHn-duhr OR strAY fruhm uh kORs OR sUHb-jikt : duh-vUHRj, die-grEs.
- dUHnt: uh krAk In suhr-rAm-ik muh-tIR-ee-uhl kAWzd wEn hEE-ting OR kOO-ling tAYks plAYs tOO rAp-uhd-lee, tIp-i-klee dUR-ing THuh fIE-uhr-ring OR kOO-ling uhv uh kIln.
- E-pay-AHL-uh-tree: wUHR-shuhp uhv wUHRdz.
- fah-sOR-ee-uhl: (uhv uhn An-uh-muhl) bUHR-roing.
- spir-uh-tOH-soh: Az uh myOO-zi-kuhl duhr-rEk-shuhn: In uh lIEv-lee uhnd spIR-uh-tuhd mAn-uhr.
di-sEm-buhr ayt-tEEn, tOO thOU-zuhnd nien-tEEn wUHRd-wEnz-day fEE-chuhr
fuh-nEt-ik spEl-ing uhnd IE dIE-uh-lekt
tuh-dAYz i-dIsh-uhn uhv wUHRd-wEnz-day uh-drEs-uhz THee im-pORt-ns uhv spEl-ing. stAn-duhrd spEl-ing uhnd fuh-nEt-ik spEl-ing AHR fORmz THAt rep-ri-zEnt hOU AWl spEE-kuhrz uhnd rEE-duhrz rEk-ig-niez uhnd pruh-nOUns wUHRdz In uh gI-vuhn lAng-gwij.
kOInd bIE jORj fIl-uhp krAp-pIE, IE dIE-uh-lekt Iz di-fIEnd Az THuh yOOz uhv nahn-stAn-duhrd spEl-ing fOR spEEch tOO drAW uh-tEn-shuhn tOO pruh-nuhn-see-AY-shuhn. mEn-ee fAY-muhs AWth-uhrz yOOz IE dIE-uh-lekt Az uh lIt-uhr-rair-ee tek-nEEk wAIR THuh nahn-stAn-duhrd spEl-ing suh-jE-sts uh pruh-nuhn-see-AY-shuhn uhv THuh gI-vuhn wUHRd THAt Iz Ak-chuh-wuh-lee stAn-duhrd, sUHch Az wIm-mEn fOR wIm-uhn. IE dIE-uh-lekt spEl-ing jEn-ruh-lee In-duh-kayts THAt THuh kAIR-ik-tuhrz spEEch Iz die-uh-lEkt-l, fOR-uhn, OR uhv lIm-uh-tuhd ej-uh-kAY-shuhn-l bAk-ground. THuh nahn-stAn-duhrd spEl-ing uhv IE dIE-uh-lekt dIf-uhrz fruhm fuh-nEt-ik uhnd UHTH-uhr stAn-duhrd fORmz uhv spEl-ing THAt dOO nAHt In-duh-kayt uh nahn-stAn-duhrd pruh-nuhn-see-AY-shuhn uhv uh wUHRd.
uh fyOO uhv THuh bEst AWth-uhrz hOO yOOz IE dIE-uh-lekt in-klOOd hAIR-ee-uht bEE-chuhr stOH, mIE-uh An-juh-loh, chAHRlz dIk-uhnz, wIl-yuhm fAWk-nuhr, Al-uhks hAY-lee, wAHn-As-kAH-rIE-tuhr, tAIR-ee prAch-It, jAY-kAY. rOH-ling, jAHn stIEn-bek, uhnd mAHRk twAYn. fIEv OUt uhv sIks wAHn-As-kAHn AWl-muh-nak kuhn-trIb-yuh-tuhrz suh-pORt THuh yOOz uhv IE dIE-uh-lekt Az uh fORm uhv kree-AY-tiv ik-sprEsh-uhn.
fruhm uh yIR wIth rIl-kuh, di-sEm-buhr ayt-tEEn En-tree
AWt-uhmz End, fruhm bUk uhv Im-i-juhz.
IE hAv sEEn fOR sUHm tIEm
hOU Ev-ree-thing chAYn-juhz.
THAIR Iz THAt wIch uhr-rIE-zuhz uhnd Akts,
kIlz uhnd kAWz-uhz grEEf.
EEch tIEm IE lUk uht THEm
THuh gAHRd-nz AHR dIf-ruhnt —
uh slOH di-kAY
fruhm gOHld tOO brOUn.
hOU lAWng fOR mEE THuh wAY hAz bIn.
nOU It Iz EmptI wAIR IE stAnd
uhnd lUk dOUn THee Av-uh-nooz.
AWl-mohst Az fAHR Az THuh fAHR-THuhst OH-shuhn
IE kuhn sEE THuh hEv-ee
fuhr-bId-ing skIE.
bEE bEt-uhr THAn yEs-tuhr-day,
lUHRn uh nOO wUHRd tuh-dAY,
trIE tOO stAY OUt uhv trUHb-uhl - uht lEEst uhn-tIl tuh-mAHR-oh,
uhnd rIEt wEn yOO hAv THuh tIEm.
*shuhr-rAYdz.
And here is the Wannaskan Almanac, standard spelling version, for Vord-Vednesday, December 18, 2019, the 51st Wednesday of the year, the 352nd day of the year, with 13 days remaining. Today we honor those who write in dialect.
Nordhem Lunch: Hot Turkey Plate
Earth/Moon Almanac for December 18, 2019
Sunrise: 8:13am; Sunset: 4:28pm; 18 seconds less daylight today
Moonrise: 12:18am; Moonset: 12:20pm, waning gibbous
Temperature Almanac for December 18, 2019
Average Record Today
High 17 42 15
Low 0 -37 6
December 18 Celebrations from National Day Calendar
Nordhem Lunch: Hot Turkey Plate
Earth/Moon Almanac for December 18, 2019
Sunrise: 8:13am; Sunset: 4:28pm; 18 seconds less daylight today
Moonrise: 12:18am; Moonset: 12:20pm, waning gibbous
Temperature Almanac for December 18, 2019
Average Record Today
High 17 42 15
Low 0 -37 6
December 18 Celebrations from National Day Calendar
- National Twin Day
- National Roast Suckling Pig Day
- Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day
- Underdog Day
- National Wear a Plunger on Your Head Day
December 18 Word Riddle
Change these words into a single word: hard case.*
December 18 Pun
I like my candy canes in mint condition.
December 18 Notable Historic Events, Literary or Otherwise, from On This Day
- 1719 Thomas Fleet publishes Mother Goose's Melodies For Children.
- 1796 Baltimore Monitor becomes the first US newspaper to appear on Sunday.
- 1966 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas airs for 1st time on CBS.
- 1879 Paul Klee.
- 1943 Keith Richards.
- 1970 Rob Van Dam.
Words-I-Looked-Up-This-Week Writer's Challenge
Make a single sentence (or poem) from the following words:
- amphisbaena: a legendary serpent with a head at each end.
- appetence: intense desire; strong natural craving; appetite.
- balatron: joker, clown.
- cameralist: an economist who strongly emphasizes political factors in recommending economic policy.
- contemptus mundi: disregard of or disdain for worldly or temporal concerns.
- divagation: to wander or stray from a course or subject : diverge, digress.
- dunt: a crack in ceramic material caused when heating or cooling takes place too rapidly, typically during the firing or cooling of a kiln.
- epeolatry: worship of words.
- fossorial: (of an animal) burrowing.
- spriritoso: as a musical direction: in a lively and spirited manner.
December 18, 2019 Word-Wednesday Feature
Phonetic Spelling and Eye Dialect
Today’s edition of Word-Wednesday addresses the importance of spelling. Standard spelling and phonetic spelling are forms that represent how all speakers and readers recognize and pronounce words in a given language.
Coined by George Philip Krappye [see pronunciation in the phonetic version, above], eye dialect is defined as the use of nonstandard spelling for speech to draw attention to pronunciation. Many famous authors use eye dialect as a literary technique where the nonstandard spelling suggests a pronunciation of the given word that is actually standard, such as wimmin for women. Eye dialect spelling generally indicates that the character's speech is dialectal, foreign, or of limited educational background. The nonstandard spelling of eye dialect differs from phonetic and other standard forms of spelling that do not indicate a nonstandard pronunciation of a word.
A few of the best authors who use eye dialect include Harriet Beecher Stowe, Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, William Faulkner, Alex Haley, WannaskaWriter, Terry Pratchett, J.K. Rowling, John Steinbeck, and Mark Twain. Five out of six Wannaskan Almanac contributors support the use of eye dialect as a form of creative expression.
We love you, Sven!
From A Year with Rilke, December 18 Entry
Autumn’s End, from Book of Images.
I have seen for some time
how everything changes.
There is that which arises and acts,
kills and causes grief.
Each time I look at them
the gardens are different—
a slow decay
from gold to brown.
How long for me the way has been.
Now it is empty where I stand
and look down the avenues.
Almost as far as the farthest ocean
I can see the heavy
forbidding sky.
Be better than yesterday,
learn a new word today,
try to stay out of trouble - at least until tomorrow,
and write when you have the time.
*charades.
ReplyDeleteFor JPS
Da verld goes to verk each gloomy old Monday.
But da Svenster & me show our contemptus mundi.
Ve dig Palmville spiritoso vit appetence qvite fossorial.
If you vant to come vit us, ve’ll give da tutorial.
Da verld vastes it’s time lopping amphisbaenan heads.
Ve haul glass down to T’eef. Sven empties his sheds.
Ve show our epeolatry vit vild divagations.
Retirement for us, hey, is vun long vacation.
Da verld calls us balatrons, yokers & clowns.
Dey can hop on dere cameralist & ride outta town.
Dey say ve broke Englisk down to da grunt.
All ve say is “No sir, no ma’am, ve dunt!”
Contemptus mundi: be happy, don’t vorry
Spiritoso: lively
Appetence: intense desire
Fossorial: burrowing
Amphisbaena: two headed snake
Epeolatry: word mania
Divagation: off on da tangent
Balatron: Sven and/or Ula
Cameralist: keeps track of da dromedaries
Dunt: crack in da pot.
To be included among such great authors as you listed, leaves me almost dialect-less, but give me a minute and I'll t'ink of somet'ing ... Perhaps, 'honored', is appropriate. However, I doubt that I am worthy of such recognition. All the same, thank you for your kindness shown me here.
ReplyDeleteI took lunch with CJ this very noon hour and laughed unabashedly loud in a public place as he read his poem, "For JPS", above. Now, that is brilliance! If I can't step from my back door here along Mikinaak Creek and hear all of the Wannaskan Almanac readers across the nation --and other parts of the world guffawing after reading it, why there's just something wrong with the state of poetry the world over. WHO WRITES THIS STUFF?? GENIUSES WRITE THIS STUFF!! THEM AND THE WORDSMITHS WHO INSPIRE THEM!!
So nice of the previous comment writers to direct their remarks to Joseph Paul Stenzel (JPS). He does deserve to be set straight. I must admit that JPS' post is impressive, but only proves the point about too much dialect. James Joyce's symbolism, allusion, myth, and making merry must be taken in a whole new light after this post. I must admit that I am curious about who is referred to in the comment from 12/18 by WW, i.e., "Who writes this stuff? Geniuses write this stuff. Them and the wordsmiths who inspire them!!" Who are the geniuses? Who are the wordsmiths? Is there any possibility that the inspiration comes from that other Forest dweller and her verses? At the very least, her comments about dialect have caused quite the flurry. Ruffled feathers? Inspired together? Creating word-link tethers? Pulling the poetry lever? Well, I never!!
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