Comments on: The In-fucking-credible Stress Syllable Test http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Stentor http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307668 Stentor Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:50:38 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307668 It's an interesting factoid that the "fucking" always gets placed before the stressed syllable. But I find it weird to have it presented as a trick for locating the stressed syllable -- in what context would you know a word well enough to accurately place the "fucking," but not well enough to locate the stressed syllable just by saying the word to yourself? It’s an interesting factoid that the “fucking” always gets placed before the stressed syllable. But I find it weird to have it presented as a trick for locating the stressed syllable — in what context would you know a word well enough to accurately place the “fucking,” but not well enough to locate the stressed syllable just by saying the word to yourself?

]]> By: Tom Nolan http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307665 Tom Nolan Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:23:22 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307665 Ledasmom I don't think "amperfuckingsand" really works - that is, I don't think anyone would say it spontaneously. In my own exchanges with the owner of this blog, for instance, I always found myself muttering "fucking Ampersand" under my breath, and NEVER "Amperfuckingsand". Modefuckingration doesn't really count - the tonic accent is actually on the penultimate syllable, which is where it fucking should be. Sorry, I mean "which is where the 'fucking' says it should be". It's a pity Robin Williams didn't use my scansion system in "Dead Poets' Society", don't you think? Ledasmom

I don’t think “amperfuckingsand” really works - that is, I don’t think anyone would say it spontaneously. In my own exchanges with the owner of this blog, for instance, I always found myself muttering “fucking Ampersand” under my breath, and NEVER “Amperfuckingsand”.

Modefuckingration doesn’t really count - the tonic accent is actually on the penultimate syllable, which is where it fucking should be. Sorry, I mean “which is where the ‘fucking’ says it should be”.

It’s a pity Robin Williams didn’t use my scansion system in “Dead Poets’ Society”, don’t you think?

]]> By: Ledasmom http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307656 Ledasmom Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:13:53 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307656 I tried this on "ampersand" and came up with "am-per-fucking-sand". Is there a secondary emphasis on the final syllable of "ampersand", which I have always pronounced with the first syllable stressed? I then tried it on "moderation", producing "mo-der-fucking-ation", and concluded that this test identifies a stressed syllable but not necessarily the primarily-stressed syllable in a word. I tried this on “ampersand” and came up with “am-per-fucking-sand”. Is there a secondary emphasis on the final syllable of “ampersand”, which I have always pronounced with the first syllable stressed?
I then tried it on “moderation”, producing “mo-der-fucking-ation”, and concluded that this test identifies a stressed syllable but not necessarily the primarily-stressed syllable in a word.

]]> By: Hectora http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307579 Hectora Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:36:50 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307579 Seems like it works with initial-syllable-accents to me: you just have an overriding urge to say "fucking paranoid" rather than "parafuckingnoid," aye? Must be an initial-syllable accent. Seems like it works with initial-syllable-accents to me: you just have an overriding urge to say “fucking paranoid” rather than “parafuckingnoid,” aye? Must be an initial-syllable accent.

]]> By: Tom Nolan http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307573 Tom Nolan Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:41:33 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307573 Doug You're right, but so is Ampersand's source: clitic "fucking" cannot be euphoniously fitted into a word which has tonic accent in first place. Try it: "parafuckingnoid" "imbefuckingcile" - just doesn't sound right, does it? Such discomfort is an indication that the word begins with an accent or is a monosyllable. I'm going to start using this in poetry classes. "Come on Agatha, you can work out what metre that is - <i>The Afuckingssyrian came fucking down like a fucking wolf on the fucking fold</i>. That's right, they're anapaests!" Doug

You’re right, but so is Ampersand’s source: clitic “fucking” cannot be euphoniously fitted into a word which has tonic accent in first place. Try it: “parafuckingnoid” “imbefuckingcile” - just doesn’t sound right, does it? Such discomfort is an indication that the word begins with an accent or is a monosyllable.

I’m going to start using this in poetry classes.

“Come on Agatha, you can work out what metre that is - The Afuckingssyrian came fucking down like a fucking wolf on the fucking fold. That’s right, they’re anapaests!”

]]> By: Doug S. http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307566 Doug S. Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:48:07 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307566 That can't possibly work for a word that has the accent on the first syllable. That can’t possibly work for a word that has the accent on the first syllable.

]]> By: Sailorman http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307517 Sailorman Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:41:16 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307517 Well, holy fucking shit. That's a fun trick, even if it's not 100% for me (I say unfuckingbeLIEVable, not unbefuckingLIEVable) Well, holy fucking shit. That’s a fun trick, even if it’s not 100% for me (I say unfuckingbeLIEVable, not unbefuckingLIEVable)

]]> By: L33tminion http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307513 L33tminion Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:37:22 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307513 @Tom: I've heard both. @Tom: I’ve heard both.

]]> By: Tom Nolan http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307508 Tom Nolan Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:04:54 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2007/10/20/the-fuck-test/#comment-307508 I doesn't seem to work with "unbelievable". You say "unfuckingbelievable" not "unbefuckinglievable" - or don't you? I doesn’t seem to work with “unbelievable”. You say “unfuckingbelievable” not “unbefuckinglievable” - or don’t you?

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