From e95350e6c1bbfdb211f0b991cdd4e44c53ab8c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyler Hallada Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:09:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Use footnote markdown feature --- ...07-11-generating-random-poems-with-python.md | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2017-07-11-generating-random-poems-with-python.md b/_posts/2017-07-11-generating-random-poems-with-python.md index 075d4f5..c42b44c 100644 --- a/_posts/2017-07-11-generating-random-poems-with-python.md +++ b/_posts/2017-07-11-generating-random-poems-with-python.md @@ -244,12 +244,7 @@ have no correspondence to the pronunciation. E.g.: > "meet" vs. "meat" -The vowels are spelled differently, yet they rhyme. - -Fun fact: They used to be pronounced differently in Middle English during the -invention of the printing press and standardized spelling. The [Great Vowel -Shift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift) happened after, and is -why they are now pronounced the same. +The vowels are spelled differently, yet they rhyme [^1]. So if the spelling of the words is useless in telling us if two words rhyme, what can we use instead? @@ -261,7 +256,7 @@ The IPA is an alphabet that can represent all varieties of human pronunciation. * meet: /mit/ * meat: /mit/ -Note: this is only the IPA transcription for only one **accent** of English. +Note that this is only the IPA transcription for only one **accent** of English. Some English speakers may pronounce these words differently which could be represented by a different IPA transcription. @@ -510,3 +505,11 @@ you'll be almost ready to run a TensorFlow port of word-rnn: I plan on playing around with NNs a lot more to see what kind of poetry-looking text I can generate from them. + +--- + +[^1]: + Fun fact: They used to be pronounced differently in Middle English during + the invention of the printing press and standardized spelling. The [Great + Vowel Shift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift) happened + after, and is why they are now pronounced the same.