Comment on Do rhymes make sense to deaf people?

TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

if you’re talking about text, then deaf rhymes are going to in a very special category. If you ignore the pronunciation, you’re going to find all sorts of interesting rhymes here and there, but they will only work on paper. Also, a deaf poet would miss countless genuine rhymes that just happen to have messy spelling.

In other languages with a more sensible spelling system even deaf people can write poetry that could potentially be appreciated by everyone. English is such a train wreck, that deaf poetry becomes a very special case.

See also: The Chaos, by Gerard Nolst Trenité

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