M Lynne Murphy's blog, Separated by a common language is running a competition; see here

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Your task, should you choose to compete, is to write a (preferably humorous) limerick illustrating a US/UK cultural misunderstanding. Make your submission to the comments section. (Make them clean-ish, please.)

How about it, Wordcraft limericists?

I can't write "cleanish."

"In brief?" You mean only in your knickers?

Well I think I've posted one. Sadly the mechanism for doing so seems very unclear - I don't have a google account (whatever that might be) and the rest of the terms used I don't even understand!

Richard,

Your comment hasn't appeared yet, but that may be because comments are moderated and it will appear later. If you don't have a Google or Blogger account there's no field for your email address so Lynn won't be able to contact you if you win. In such circumstances she wants you to email her: lynneguist@gmail.com.

I wrote to Lynne and she has suggested I post anonymously and show my name on the posting. The bad news is that I copied the limerick to the Windows clipboard and then forgot and copies something else - and overwrote my limerick. I have been told that it is possible to copy multiple items to the Windows clipboard - but I've never been able to make that facility work ;(

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I have been told that it is possible to copy multiple items to the Windows clipboard - but I've never been able to make that facility work ;(

MS Office has that ability, but not other Windows apps. There are however lots of clipboard extensions available as freeware that can be downloaded and used. There are even some shareware apps with lots of other bells and whistles, but I've never found much use for them.

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If you don't have a Google or Blogger account

This seems to be a common requirement to comment on many blogs, including Kalleh's. I was registered with Google but forgot my password and their convoluted means of restoring it totally turned me off, so I'm out of luck commenting in many sites.

Some sites also ask you to match distorted letters projected on a background which I cannot separate them from, thus rendering me (and I assume others with poor eyesight) mute on the internet.

If you ever get a spam attack on your blog that takes you about six hours of constant work to sort out you will appreciate why these tactics are necessary.

I see four of Richard's limericks appear as 'anonymous' comments now.

It seems it's easy to post anonymously but very difficult to post with your name.

I have managed to get over the anonymous nomenclacture by simply adding my name to the body of the posting.

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If you ever get a spam attack on your blog that takes you about six hours of constant work to sort out you will appreciate why these tactics are necessary.

Oh...for a spam attack, which would mean somebody is reading my blog.

I will write one if it's not too late.

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Oh...for a spam attack, which would mean somebody is reading my blog.

Not necessarily. There is software out there to post spam, know as a spambot.

Proof, often with those confusing letter-against-background thingies that verify if a live person is posting the comment, there is another link for people who cannot see the letters clearly. I've never tried it, but I believe it is a sound file to tell you the letters.

WM

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there is another link for people who cannot see the letters clearly

I've never seen one, which may be another defect with the system.

In that particular blog it's an image of a person in a wheelchair, the usual 'disabled' sign. Not sure how I'd feel about being labelled disabled in that way ....

Well, at least it's better than a picture of a Cyclops.

Lynne's made another post, warning in part:

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I'm planning to announce the winner to the Limerick Competition tomorrow (that is, if I manage to contact all my co-judges by then). So act quickly if you have an entry to submit!

See my first post in this thread for the link.

'Tomorrow' would be 30 June. Remember she's in the UK, so if you're in the US tomorrow will come to her earlier than to you.

Congratulations, Richard!

http://separatedbyacommonlangu...limerick-winner.html

Thanks, Arnie.

I did mean to post that I had won, but I'd forgotten where I'd heard of the competition.

Interestingly, several of those connected with this competition, as well as Lynne herself, live in Sussex. Maybe our loquacity is all to do with the seaside air.

Wow! Congratulations!

[We can all say we know him. ]

Gee, can I have your autograph?

Any old bit of paper will do, blank cheque for example.

Excellent, Richard! What a great limerick!

My prize arrived today and I am already reading it; it looks very good.

Now you can devote your energies to winning Bangor. 8-)