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Folksongs:A language all their own?
| Mr Happy | 27 Nov 12 - 07:30 AM | |
| Nigel Parsons | 27 Nov 12 - 10:18 AM | |
| TheSnail | 27 Nov 12 - 10:40 AM | |
| MGM·Lion | 27 Nov 12 - 10:44 AM | |
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Subject: Folksongs:A language all their own? From: Mr Happy Date: 27 Nov 12 - 07:30 AM As songs in general do use 'poetic' language to colour the lyrics - unusual phrasing, wording which doesn't occur in everyday speech, there can be a tendency to invent new words just for that one song. Exanples like 'relope', 'truthing' More? |
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Subject: RE: Folksongs:A language all their own? From: Nigel Parsons Date: 27 Nov 12 - 10:18 AM Exanples like 'relope', 'truthing' Okay, I recognise 'relope' & 'truthing', but 'exanples' is a new one on me! Cheers |
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Subject: RE: Folksongs:A language all their own? From: TheSnail Date: 27 Nov 12 - 10:40 AM Relope Doesn't really fit the context. "Relope, relope retiring hare." I always took it to mean to lope backwards. |
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Subject: RE: Folksongs:A language all their own? From: MGM·Lion Date: 27 Nov 12 - 10:44 AM We've had a whole thread, not all that long since, about what 'relope' means. ~M~ |
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