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English-language haiku is an example of an unrhymed tercet poem. A poetic triplet is a tercet in which all three lines follow the same rhyme, AAA; triplets are rather rare; they are more customarily used sparingly in verse of heroic couplets or other couplet verse, to add extraordinary emphasis.
Many thousands of English examples can be found, grouped according to their earliest deducible Indo-European ancestor. [5] In some cases over a hundred English words can be traced to a single root. Some examples in English include: host and guest: via Latin and Germanic; strange and extraneous: Old French, Latin; word and verb: Germanic, Latin
However, there are exceptions: weep, groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry, brush and rock (from French). Words taken directly from Latin and Ancient Greek are generally perceived as colder, more technical, and more medical or scientific – compare life (Old English) with biology ( classical compound ...
The triplets are on the same schedule, says Platsman. “Even if they’re napping and two wake up, we’ll wake up the third because it messes up your day if they’re all on different schedules ...
He was the youngest of triplets born to lawyer and advocate Mahala Ashley Dickerson. The Kosanovic triplets, identical males (born November 28, 1948, in Meadville, Pennsylvania), believed to be the oldest set of identical triplets in Oregon. Joe lives in Eagle Crest, Gerry lives in Corvallis, and Jim lives in Portland. [7] [8] [9]
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The doubling—and sometimes even tripling—often originates in the transition from use of one language for legal purposes to another: in Britain, from a native English term to a Latin or Law French term; in Romance-speaking countries, from Latin to the vernacular. To ensure understanding, the terms from both languages were used.
Twins and triplets are sufficiently common to have their own separate articles. With the use of reproductive technology such as fertility drugs and in vitro fertilization (IVF) such births have become increasingly common. This list contains only multiple births which have some claim to notability, such as being the first recorded in a country ...