[lojban] Re: translated "Jingle Bells" lyrics

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 07:55:32PM -0000, Robert Heiss wrote:
> --- In lojban@yahoogroups.com, Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@l...>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 06:36:26PM -0000, Robert Heiss wrote:
> > > Permit me another try:
> > > 
> > >  .i zu'o sicni  tonga janbe  ca le litrytei
> > 
> > If that's supposed to fit the chorus's scansion, it fails by
> > three syllables.  But given the presence of 'sicni', I suspect
> > it's not.
> 
> I felt free to insert three unaccented syllables; 

Ah.  That violats scansion for me, and would stop me from being able
to sing it to the orignal tune.  YMMV.

-Robin, scansion purist nerd.

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