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The new town is Dún Laoghaire.

In case you've not heard of it, it's the port of the Irish city of Dublin. On the off-chance that you're not fluent in Irish, it's pronounced "Dun leary".

Please send your limericks to me by PM. I'll post a poll with the entries when I get a good number.


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Just to put it on top
 
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I will be traveling in the next few days (driving with my dad and daughter to Phoenix), so I will be thinking about it. I'll get it to you as soon as I can.
 
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Only two entries so far! Come on, folks! You can do better than that!


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Sorry for being tardy and for not joining in the previous discussion - life has been piling on me lately. I was thinking it'd be fun to try to guess who wrote the limericks if Arnie posted them anonymously - but we might need more than three for that. I bet I could pick proof / bethree / stella with my eyes closed!!! Big Grin
 
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Eeek! I thought about that comment in the middle of the night and hoped it came across as I intended it to - I just meant that we have different styles and it could be more fun picking authors than winners. Smile Smile Smile
 
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I too can spot Stella's which are usually liberally littered with alliteration and assonance. Mine's on the way.
 
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We could be tricky and write in different styles to confuse people - you could write limericks like mine and I could ...ummmm, no, maybe not....! Big Grin
 
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I would be purely flattered to have my inimitable Roll Eyes style recognized
 
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Any more entries? I notice that a couple of the regulars haven't come up with anything yet. So far I've got seven limericks, although four are from the same person.


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Mine's finally in.
 
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Thanks Kalleh. That's eight so far. Any more? I'll give it a couple more days, then post them for voting.


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Dún Laoghaire

While the English version of this town's name is pronounced /dʌn ˈlɪəri/, the Irish version is pronounced [d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈɫeːrʲə] in narrow transcription (both these come from the Wikipedia article). For those who don't do IPA, the Irish sounds something like dune layra with the the syllable lay as in the verb and the final a as a schwa as in sofa.


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I've noticed that more with the Northern Irish accent. I was trying to write the name of a Belfast girl whom I met on a 'plane and who introduced herself to me as "Valrah".

It took some time before I realised that her name was "Valerie"


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Or maybe she was telling you she was a "Valrah Girl."
 
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Nine limericks were received this time. I've listed them below, and please vote for the one you prefer in the new poll I started here.

Limerick A:
    Though you can cross directly in theory
    It's better to sail to Dún Laoghaire.
    The crossing to Dublin
    Is long and quite troublin'
    The "short sea" will make you less weary.

Limerick B:
    There once was a pub in Dunleary.
    Whose clientèle's eyes were quite bleary.
    The landlord was blunt,
    Shouting "Time!" with a grunt.
    And exeunt customers beery.

Limerick C:
    There was once a sweet lad from Dún Laoghaire
    Who did swear that he ne'er was a faoghaire
    Tho, if e'er asked his druthers,
    He would always say, 'Brothers--
    'Do put it just there, in my raoghaire'

Limerick D:
    A naughty old man from Dún Laoghaire
    Said, “Give us a kiss won’t you, dearie!”
    So I gave him a peck
    On the back of his neck
    'Cos the fumes from the front were too beery.

Limerick E:
    The last time I went to Dun Laoghaire
    I started the night very cheery.
    But through faulty assumption
    Of Guinness consumption,
    My head the next day was most bleary.

Limerick F:
    A drunkard who lives in Dun Laoghaire
    Has been known to down drams till he’s weary.
    He’ll drink whiskey (a pint)
    And then feel like a gi’nt
    But he sleeps like a babe when he’s beery.

Limerick G:
    The restaurants in downtown Dun Laoghaire
    Aren't Irish - they're mainly Kashmiri.
    The Irish don't worry
    How hot is their curry --
    Or at least that's the restaurateurs' theory.

Limerick H:
    I once knew a lad from Dún Laoghaire,
    About whom I had a fun theory:
    His Irish tradition
    And drunken condition
    Were reasons he was a ton cheery!

Limerick I:
    The whores on the docks in Dun Laoghaire
    Are generally not very cheery.
    Though there are men about
    They've drunk so much stout
    That their tackle is simply too weary.

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Or maybe she was telling you she was a "Valrah Girl."

What's one of those?


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