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Like when you emphasize the wrong syllable, or the flow of the sentence was spoken really chunky.

No matter how I phrase my question, search results are just about regular kerning.

So, example: "Hey, what's the wifi password?"->"Heywhat's the wi fipassword".

Edit: Thank you! Cadence. I appreciate you guys :)

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[–] benwubbleyou@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would be your cadence, or how you enunciate or emphasize certain words when speaking a sentence.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bogdugg@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Cadence or intonation depending on what you mean.

Edit: This would seem to sum up the various parts of speech pretty concisely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosody_(linguistics)

[–] Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks!

Edit: and that link is awesome. I'm going to dive into some fun linguistic knowledge!

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Wikipedia linguistics hole is bottomless. If you get deep enough, it turns into math.

Even better. More things I love.

[–] viralJ@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

I think cadence refers only to the inflection of the pitch. A better word to describe what you seem to be talking about might be prosody.

[–] User_4272894@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If we're adding somewhat related concepts OP might find interesting, I've always thought these were neat: grammatically correct sentences your brain doesn't process the first time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence

[–] viralJ@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Garden path sentences. One of my favourite linguistic curiosities. Fat people eat accumulates. Cotton clothing is made of comes from India.

[–] devious@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely very helpful! Gives a funny way to point out speech stuff :D

Thanks for the link!

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[–] livus@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know you've already got cadence, but isochrony is the technical aspect of that.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Iso- meaning equal chron- meaning time; makes sense. I love it when I can work out the etymology, gives me the old clever-cloggs high

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

It also makes it much easier to remember.

[–] NewPerspective@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This, or something close to it, is sometimes called cluttering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluttering

[–] Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A good example for time-to-time instances*. It means what I mean, but cadence works better for my original question

Thanks for the input. Never knew stuttering was also referred as cluttering. Neat.

*edit: though stuttering/cluttering isn't always a time-to-time thing for some people. Thanks for understanding.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

You might also be interested in prosody.

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

OP I understand "cadence" but could you please explain what is "kerning" as I don’t think I have come across this word before.

[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No op, but kerning is the spacing between letters in printed text. If you just put the same space between each letter a sentence would look choppy, because stick letters like i and l would look very close together, while letters like double o would look further apart. So the spacing is adjusted to make letters appear to be the same distance apart, so it's easier on the eye.

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 3 points 11 months ago

OK got it thanks

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Physical spacing between letters in type fonts

[–] GuyWithLag@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought that was called pulling a Christopher Walken...

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago

Blud is sweeta than honey, kwistafa.

[–] jodawznev@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think this is at least tangentially relayed to what you're asking:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaison_(French)

Edit: Actually this might be the exact opposite of what you're asking...

[–] Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thats related, no worries. You're in the right place. French does liason on purpose. English too, but I wanted the word for "wrong" liasons.

Thanks for your input with liason. I forgot that word existed and now it'll be in my lexicon for... idk, more than 0 days :)

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Hey that one works too! Thanks :)

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Enunciation is probably the closest concept. I think it has to do with saying each phoneme clearly.