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Typically the term "{{w|Foot fetishism|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. | Typically the term "{{w|Foot fetishism|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. | ||
− | Common types of feet (which are all referenced in this comic) include | + | Common types of feet (which are all referenced in this comic) include: |
− | * | + | *"{{w|trochee}}" – is a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (demonstrated in the first set of words: "'''sto'''-ry", "'''wa'''-ter", "'''pa'''-per", "'''door'''-way") (see also [[856: Trochee Fixation]]). |
− | * | + | *"{{w|iamb (poetry)|iamb}}" – is a short syllable followed by a long syllable '''or''' it is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (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}}) (see also [[79: Iambic Pentameter]]). |
− | * | + | *"{{w|dactyl (poetry)|dactyl}}" – is a long syllable followed by two short syllables '''or''' it is a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (used in the third set: "'''straw'''-ber-ry", "'''scor'''-pi-on", "'''po'''-et-ry"). |
− | * | + | *"{{w|anapest}}" – (referenced in the title text) consist of two short syllables followed by a long syllable '''or''' it consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable - it is thus the reverse of a dactyl. Note that the word "anapest" according to the first definition of the word is an a-na-pest. This would make anapest an {{w|autological word}}. There are (at the moment) some controversy as to which syllable the stress should be put when pronouncing anapest. Should it be "a-na-'''pest'''" or "'''a'''-na-pest". According to the second definition of anapest it would only be in the first case that it would still be an anapest. In the second case with the stress on the first syllable it would actually be a dactyl. So seen in this case it would be an instance of a {{w|heterological word}}. It could be that UK and US English disagrees on the pronunciation - first of all there is an extra "a" in the UK version of "anap'''a'''est". See this and listen to the UK [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/anapaest pronunciation] from the [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ Oxford Dictionaries]. It is likely that Randall, being an American, has used anapest because he interprets it as being an anapest. So he uses four different types of poetry foot in his comic. |
− | Megan thus | + | Megan thus wished that [[Cueball]] first uses a "trochee" during foreplay, then switch to an "iamb" during her main stimulation phase (intercourse or some other type that still enables Cueball to speak freely), and finally switching to a "dactyl" as she orgasms. According to the title text, after sex she wishes for him to hold her while he whispers ''anapest'' in her ear. But for a linguist like Megan, this is just four different types of foot "stimulation" - thus she can be called a woman with a foot fetish. |
==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? | ||
− | :[Below the frame | + | :[Below the frame] |
:Linguist with a foot fetish | :Linguist with a foot fetish | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |