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Re: lecker lek-ker in "old" German lyrics
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David Kastrup |
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Re: lecker lek-ker in "old" German lyrics |
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Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:05:19 +0100 |
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Klaus Föhl <address@hidden> writes:
> Olivier Biot wrote:
>> If no hyphen is needed, then write "lecker". Otherwise write "lek-ker".
>
> A manually written hyphen as in lek-ker looks different to lek -- ker,
> and then there is the alignment difference when writing lecker _
>
>> On a side note, I didn't know this German hyphenation variant.
>
> This hyphenation rule has been withdrawn with the spelling reform.
> Nowadays it is le -- cker (and the issue is gone). But then I feel if
> one upgrades lyrics to the new standard some essence can be lost.
I don't go for the spelling reform, but independent from that I consider
it a workable idea at least for classical singing to disregard
grammatical hyphenation and instead stick the consonants to the next
syllable.
It avoids singers singing consonants for half a bar...
--
David Kastrup
Re: lecker lek-ker in "old" German lyrics, Klaus Föhl, 2013/03/11
Re: lecker lek-ker in "old" German lyrics, Klaus Föhl, 2013/03/11
- Re: lecker lek-ker in "old" German lyrics,
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