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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

For those that haven't tried. See how far you can get reading this poem out loud...

The Chaos

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] profoundninja@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I got to head and read it as head and gave up..

[–] quigat@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's up with made/bade? I pronounce those the same way.

[–] Veltoss@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

It's a 100 year old poem, I'm guessing it was pronounced different in that area at the time.

[–] Rehwyn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bade is the past tense of "bid" and is technically pronounced the same as "bad". Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bade

Essentially, the pronunciation follows the same pattern as words like "sit - sat", but the spelling pattern follows a different Old English pattern.

[–] chandz05@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Ha that is great! Like a maze for your mind and mouth. However that poem is now 100 years old, so I did notice some spelling and pronunciation errors :)

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About halfway through I got a headache and had to lay down

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It is a particularly masochistic poem to read aloud. 😁