At 04:37 PM 9/9/2002 -0400, John Cowan wrote: >> [Da][n] [Ko][ga][i], 5 Japanese Syllables, 3 English Syllables > >5 moras, 3 syllables, actually.
A new vocabulary word for me, so I looked it up... >moˇra >n. pl. moˇrae or moˇras >The minimal unit of metrical time in quantitative verse, equal to the short syllable. How does this apply unless I write something like? " I think that I shall never see a Kogai lovely as a tree " "Mora" sounds like jargon for a more specialized situation, unless I am missing something ... Barry Caplan http://www.i18n.com
