homophony
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2ADJ.
all, doubtless, merry
VERB + HOMOPHONY
honeyed
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noun
A musical texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords; the quality of being homophonic.
On the other hand, it seems to be the fact that well-bred Englishmen do not say "it's him" or it's her." The formula is: "It's he"; "it's she"; "it's me." The homophony doubtless accounts for the anomaly in the case of "me."
Full of gently lapping lines, close imitation and moments of honeyed homophony, all underpinned by tactful percussion, it is startlingly different from the driving, hard edges of much of Lang's work with the Bang On a Can collective.
The quality of being homophonous.
There is, for example, the homophony of "merry" and "Mary," which typifies the South Midland accent common in the hill country of east Tennessee and upper Georgia.
I'd like to point out a few inaccuracies in your article on Joost, where I work (What is Joost all about, January 18). One, it's pronounced more like "juiced". Whether the homophony is deliberate only Janus and Niklas know.
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3On the other hand, it seems to be the fact that well-bred Englishmen do not say "it's him" or it's her." The formula is: "It's he"; "it's she"; "it's me." The homophony doubtless accounts for the anom
WiktionaryFull of gently lapping lines, close imitation and moments of honeyed homophony, all underpinned by tactful percussion, it is startlingly different from the driving, hard edges of much of Lang's work w
WiktionaryThere is, for example, the homophony of "merry" and "Mary," which typifies the South Midland accent common in the hill country of east Tennessee and upper Georgia.
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