Parry and his student Albert Lord pointed out that such elaborate oral tradition, foreign to today's literate cultures, is typical of epic poetry in a predominantly oral cultural milieu, the key words being " oral " and " traditional ".

Indeed, plants growing in a typical traditional gravel filter bed, with water circulated using electric powerhead pumps, are in effect being grown using gravel hydroponics.

As there are no moving parts involved within the sensor or magnet, typical life expectancy is improved compared to traditional electromechanical switches.

is a traditional Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting rice, barley and / or soybeans, with salt and the fungus, the most typical miso being made with soy.

The typical modern version consists of a white plastic tab, inserted into a specially made collar of a black shirt, although traditional cloth collars are still worn.

Lingonberry jam, still a favourite, may be the most traditional and typical Swedish way to add freshness to sometimes rather heavy food, such as steaks and stews.

Certain aspects of traditional Zulu culture still revere the dead monarch, as the typical praise song below attests.

It is very typical of more traditional brazilian music

Finally, wargames do not necessarily have to involve traditional concepts of warfare and battles and games can enact typical film genres such as gang battles, crime and law enforcement.

Prose is the most typical form of language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure ( as in traditional poetry ).

The traditional architectural monuments in Thimphu, as in the rest of Bhutan, are of typical Bhutanese architecture of monasteries, dzongs ( most striking fortress type structures ), chortens, gateways, Lhakhangs, other sacred places and royal palaces, which are the most distinctive architectural forms of Bhutan.

Moonsorrow blends folk metal with Viking metal by incorporating " Finland's traditional folk music forms into elaborate symphonic arrangements typical of Viking metal outfits such as Bathory and Enslaved.

They are especially popular during Carneval season ( Fasching ), and do not have the typical ring shape, but instead are solid and usually filled with apricot jam ( traditional ) or vanilla cream ( Vanillekrapfen ).

Christmas is generally celebrated in France on Christmas Eve by a traditional meal ( typical dishes include oysters, boudin blanc and the bûche de Noël ), by opening presents and by attending the midnight mass ( even among Catholics who do not attend church at other times of the year ).

The interiors of the towers highlight the Malaysian cultural inspiration to the design through traditional aspects such as fabric and carvings typical of the culture, specifically evident in the foyer of the entrance halls in the towers.

The green is typical of a traditional New England town, and serves as Branford's social, commercial, and governmental nerve center.

In Minas Gerais, the regional dishes include corn, pork, beans, chicken ( including the very typical dish frango com quiabo, or " chicken with okra "), and local soft ripened traditional cheeses.

The most typical traditional language of Sephardim is Judeo-Spanish, also called Judezmo or Ladino.

Further, the Beat writings of Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs often portray female characters in flat, traditional gender roles most typical of an ideal 1950s American housewife.

The decoration combines traditional Christian iconography with the ornate swirling motifs typical of Insular art.

The other typical dishes are borscht, Varenyky, a traditional Christmas compote called uzvar and dishes made of fish, phaseolus and cabbage.

Rome's forces used typical Roman equipment including pila ( heavy javelins ) and hastae ( thrusting spears ) as weapons as well as traditional helmets, shields, and body armor.

Sorbians try to protect their typical culture shown in traditional clothes and the style of village houses.

Their typical album is a collection of mostly traditional songs with one or two instrumental tracks of jigs and / or reels added ; the traditional songs often include some of the Child ballads.

The basic shape and configuration of a typical upright bicycle has changed little since the first chain-driven model was developed around 1885.

A diagram of a typical upright drum smoker

The main advantages over a typical centerboard or leeboard is that the Bruce foil allows the sails to remain nearly upright and keep the full force of the wind available to drive movement without the crew needing to move their weight.

The sidewalls of the porch are typical of c. 1670 with upright oval windows keyed into oblong panels, here under steep open pediments.

Also on the grounds are an operating bake oven, a garden shed built of upright logs in French Colonial poteaux-sur-solle ( French: post on sill ) construction, and a kitchen garden with raised beds of produce typical of French 18th-century Illinois.

Sueno's Stone is an upright cross slab with typical Pictish style interwoven vine symbols on the edge panels.

The new Matador did not have the typical vintage styling cues of formal upright grille and squared-off roof with opera windows.

The typical amateur astronomer is one who does not depend on the field of astronomy as a primary source of income or support, and does not have a professional degree or advanced academic training in the subject.

This identification, still found in the 1920 typical edition, does not appear in the 1962 typical edition.

The Black Pullet, probably authored in late 18th century Rome or France, differs from the typical grimoires in that it does not claim to be a manuscript from antiquity but told by a man who was a member of Napoleon's armed expeditionary forces in Egypt.

The Constitution does not set a term of office, so a Governor-General may continue to hold office for any agreed length of time, however a typical term of office is five years.

Food irradiation is sometimes referred to as " cold pasteurization " or " electronic pasteurization " because ionizing the food does not heat the food to high temperatures during the process, as in heat-pasteurization ( at a typical dose of 10 kGy, food that is physically equivalent to water would warm by about 2. 5 ° C ).

His opposition to Judaism was typical of church leaders in his day, but does not descend to the level of anti-semitism.

This pseudocode describes a typical variant of linear search, where the result of the search is supposed to be either the location of the list item where the desired value was found ; or an invalid location Λ, to indicate that the desired element does not occur in the list.

A typical example of a file transfer that does not use the P2P model is the File Transfer Protocol ( FTP ) service in which the client and server programs are distinct: the clients initiate the transfer, and the servers satisfy these requests.

In the typical case where there is a finding of nonjusticiability due to the political question doctrine, the issue presented before the Court is usually so specific that the constitution gives all power to one of the coordinate political branches, or at the opposite end of the spectrum, the issue presented is so vague that the constitution does not even consider it.

This is typical for start-stop communications, but the standard does not dictate a character format or bit order.

This is typical of the bloody awful way Harold Wilson does things!

Sensitive and intelligent, the Saluki should never be trained using force or hard-handed methods, and typically does not enjoy rough games or typical dog games such as chasing sticks.

Unlike his prescriptive attitude regarding the plot ( unity of action ), Aristotle here merely remarks on the typical duration of a tragedy's action, and does not suggest any kind of imperative that it always ought to be so.

The ultrasound does not interact directly with molecules to induce the chemical change, as its typical wavelength ( in the millimeter range ) is too long compared to the molecules.

typical Unix program that does exactly what it should and nothing more.

This would be typical where a multiplexer serves a number of IP network users and then feeds directly into a router which immediately reads the content of the entire link into its routing processor and then does the demultiplexing in memory from where it will be converted directly into IP packets.

This is because the typical plural suffix-s or-es, is silent, and thus does not really indicate a change in pronunciation.

It does not present the " helpless humanity " angle typical of stories from The War of the Worlds onwards, nor does it simply dress up conventional horror themes in the trappings of science fiction.

A subwoofer does not necessarily provide superior bass performance in comparison to large conventional loudspeakers on ordinary music recordings due to the typical lack of very low frequency content on such sources.

The typical foresail, known as the jib, which does not overlap the mast more than 10 to 20 percent, may be replaced by a genoa, which overlaps the mast by as much as 55 to 100 percent, for racing rules, and sometimes more.

Unlike the rest of the cities in the country Sevastopol officially does not have a typical mayor due to its status, functions of which conducts the head of Sevastopol Municipality State Administration or a city governor appointed by the President of Ukraine.

However, the typical pop-up indicator only shows that the cooker has pressure inside, which does not reliably signal that the cooker has reached the selected pressure.