User:ExcarnateSojourner/Rhyme conventions
In the process of adding rhymes to English one- and two-syllable terms that already have pronunciations, I have stumbled across a few conventions in how English rhymes are constructed that, as far as I know, are not documented anywhere (except in talk page messages I have written). I want to keep track of the ones I am aware of here to aid my own memory, and also to more precisely consider whether constructing rhymes using full pronunciations could be effectively performed by a bot. If you know of more conventions or notice that a listed convention is just how the IPA works (rather than being specific to Wiktionary), please amend the list.
These conventions are all in addition to the more foundational principals at Rhymes:English.
Conventions[edit]
Observed conventions[edit]
| Convention | Examples |
|---|---|
| Do not place ties over affricates. | huge, much |
| Parenthesize /ɹ/ when multiple pronunciations differ only in whether they include an /ɹ/. | Stockport |
| Do not parenthesize any other IPA symbols. Instead list multiple rhymes to cover all possible inclusion / exclusion combinations. | wallah |
| /ɚ/ should be treated as /ə(ɹ)/, and /ɝ/ treated as /ɜ(ɹ)/. | pillars |
| Often one pronunciation of a word (usually RP) will end with the pattern /vː/, where v is some vowel, and another (usually GA) will end with the pattern /vɹ/. In such cases, the rhyme /vː(ɹ)/ is used to encompass both pronunciations, even though the vowel is long in only one of the pronunciations. | shore |
Assumed conventions[edit]
I assume these conventions because they seem only sensical to me.
| Convention | Examples |
|---|---|
| Do not add rhymes to English morphemes (which includes prefixes), except possibly suffixes; see debate below. | hetero-, -'s |
Convention debates[edit]
| Question | Examples |
|---|---|
| Should rhymes be added to suffixes? Perhaps only when the suffix tends to have the primary stress? | -ness |