In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
sprechgesang, sprechstimme
(noun) a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sprechgesang (uncountable)
(music) A form of recitative between speaking and singing
Source: Wiktionary
1 November 2024
(verb) inflect for number, gender, case, etc.; “in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.