On May 6, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Linda Worsley wrote:
Maybe not, in American English, but writing "fi-re" encourages a
really gross pronunciation with the ugly "YUR" emphasized at the end.
Ah, this is a very important point. Colloquial pronunciation is
NEVER incorrect
True. And ugly isn't incorrect either. But it IS ugly.
"dee-sye--YUR" ugh. It will happen, and that's OK, but I don't like
to promote it.
Would you have the same problem w. "higher" and "flyer," and if not,
why not?
Also: one thing that has gone astray in this thread is the scansion of
the poetry being set. If "fi-re" is required for the line to scan, then
the composer must either set the word to two syllables, or deliberately
violate the scansion. The latter is, of course, done all the time for
all kinds of musical reasons, but still it is an issue the composer has
to bear in mind.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/
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