tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post5103859734450896044..comments2024-03-18T21:13:12.753-04:00Comments on Jacob Russell's Barking Dog: Poetry Reading Voice...Jacob Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-40967550049728294792008-12-19T09:12:00.000-05:002008-12-19T09:12:00.000-05:00After the looters and con men get through with us,...After the looters and con men get through with us, trivia is about all the rest of us will have left.Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-87994913314822526222008-12-19T06:10:00.000-05:002008-12-19T06:10:00.000-05:00I pad my life with trivia Jacob - it's all I have ...I pad my life with trivia Jacob - it's all I have to hang on toLulu LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546286547273386382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-85991718859715794602008-12-16T13:14:00.000-05:002008-12-16T13:14:00.000-05:00PRV (Poetry Reading Voice) seems to have a separat...PRV (Poetry Reading Voice) seems to have a separate origin, and there's more to it than the rising intonation on the last word. The line up to the end is flattened out. Also much older. Poets who still do this are older. I haven't heard it in younger poets--even when they do the Valspeak thing in conversation. <BR/><BR/>My guess is it that's it a quirk developed by late mid-century poets, still Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-54649060991075036432008-12-16T12:19:00.001-05:002008-12-16T12:19:00.001-05:00Word veri for that last comment was nounpieWord veri for that last comment was nounpieLulu LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546286547273386382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-21142842138751887652008-12-16T12:19:00.000-05:002008-12-16T12:19:00.000-05:00AAArghh I can't bear it. The other relation to thi...AAArghh I can't bear it. The other relation to this is the Australian Query Intonation (AQI)<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal<BR/>This irritating habit has caught on in the UK in a big way and is the sole reason for my leaving that countryLulu LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546286547273386382noreply@blogger.com