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Sigh

Sigh
It matters
Not just what you say
But how you say it

Just heard
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Title of a piece by Liszt

Un sóspiró
As in Prospero
But that’s not how you say it

Un sospíro
‘Sos’ as in sausage
‘pi’ is pea
‘ro’ is rot
Un sospíro

It matters
Not just what you say
But how you say it

Sigh!


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    • Welcome to our helpline
    • Healthy eating
    • Driving me mad
    • The pause
    • a capella
    • Sigh
    • Thirteens
    • Look both ways
    • Words Worth Reading
    • Hillview Ode 2022
    • what remains?
    • Afterwords
  • Librettist
    • Operation Neptune
    • BPC
    • BPC musical items
    • Flying without Feathers
    • Beyond the Trenches
    • Fighter Command
    • Writing Fighter Command
    • Seven Ages
    • The Time Traveller
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    • poet-tree
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