- Diphthongization of a vowel before a consonant group
- unfinished work broken off,
possible reasons being:
- death
- loss of
- the manuscript,
- the will,
- the talent,
- the inspiration (whatever that is)
- [feeble excuses:
- a man from Porlock,
- the intrusion
of domestic matters]
- divine revelation (being smited with sniffles)
- something better coming along
- winning the lottery
- somebody laughing (an ego that's easily broken)