james_nicoll

Hm. When I say it slowly it's more SSSSTrrrrrreeeeeyyynnnngthhhh. A smooth transition of my mouth, pretty much, with the mouth opening peaking at the "ey" and diminishing from there. There's a lot going on INSIDE the mouth, but the way I was taught to recognize syllables was by mouth opening peaks, e.g., your chin moving down.

Compared to the prior example, "fire", in which the long version is FFFfffffiiiiii-yyyeeerrrrr, with the mouth opening peaking TWICE, once at the "iiii" and once at "eeer".

Ah! Yes, the way you were taught to recognize syallables was more or less a way to recognize morae.

I see. So...

When my chin does a drop
Then goes back to the top
That's a morae?

*hunts madly for the LIKE button*

*hunts madly for the hitting stick*

I can't decide if that's evil or great. Possibly both.