Re: lecker lek-ker in "old" German lyrics

[David Kastrup]

Klaus Föhl <address@hidden> writes:

> Olivier Biot wrote:
>> If no hyphen is needed, then write "lecker". Otherwise write "lek-ker".
>
> A manually written hyphen as in lek-ker looks different to lek -- ker,
> and then there is the alignment difference when writing lecker _ 
>
>> On a side note, I didn't know this German hyphenation variant.
>
> This hyphenation rule has been withdrawn with the spelling reform.
> Nowadays it is le -- cker (and the issue is gone). But then I feel if
> one upgrades lyrics to the new standard some essence can be lost.

I don't go for the spelling reform, but independent from that I consider
it a workable idea at least for classical singing to disregard
grammatical hyphenation and instead stick the consonants to the next
syllable.

It avoids singers singing consonants for half a bar...

-- 
David Kastrup