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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | Typically the term "{{w|foot fetish}}" refers to a sexual attraction to people's feet. Here, though, [[Megan]] is a linguist, so for her the term "foot" refers not to the body part but to the term's meaning in {{w|Prosody (linguistics)|prosody}}. In this context, {{w|Foot (prosody)|"foot"}} means, per Wikipedia, "the basic metrical unit that generates a line of verse in most Western traditions of poetry," and thus "foot fetish" means an attraction to words that follow such a format. | |
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− | + | Common types of feet include: | |
+ | *"trochee" – stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one (demonstrated in the first set of words: "'''sto'''-ry", "'''wa'''-ter", "'''pa'''-per", "'''door'''-way") (see also [[856: Trochee Fixation]]) | ||
+ | *"iamb" – a short syllable followed by a long (as seen in the second set: "dis-'''arm'''", "A-'''dele's'''", "gi-'''raffe'''", "gre-'''nade'''") (perhaps the best-known foot, due to {{w|iambic pentameter|its use}} by {{w|William Shakespeare}}) | ||
+ | *"dactyl" – long syllable followed by two short syllables (used in the third set: "'''straw'''-ber-ry", "'''scor'''-pi-on", "'''po'''-et-ry") | ||
+ | *"anapest" – two short syllables followed by a long one (referenced in the title text; note that the word "anapest" is itself an anapest, an instance of an {{w|autological word}}) | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball and Megan are in a bed.] | :[Cueball and Megan are in a bed.] | ||
:Megan: Can you repeat "Story Water Paper Doorway" at the start, then switch to "Disarm Adele's Giraffe Grenade" as we get going, and finally "Strawberry Scorpion Poetry" as I finish? | :Megan: Can you repeat "Story Water Paper Doorway" at the start, then switch to "Disarm Adele's Giraffe Grenade" as we get going, and finally "Strawberry Scorpion Poetry" as I finish? | ||
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:Linguist with a foot fetish | :Linguist with a foot fetish | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |