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As I have been declared as a kind of de facto limerick game winner here is my choice for a new location.
I have chosen it to give you a chance at creative spelling.

Great Barugh which is in North Yorkshire is pronounced as Great Barf. As in the American word for vomit.


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Hee hee hee. But darn, best potential rhyme already captured in place-name!
 
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A great name, but I'm at a loss to find a rhyme for it.
 
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How about "Arf!" Little Orphan Annie's dog said it a lot...
 
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Entries are very sparse at the moment. Here’s one of mine for a little encouragement.

In a cage in a zoo in Great Barugh
Was the last of the the Alpine Girarugh
Who while climbing each peak
In his youth used to seek
Some warmth in a hand-knitted scarugh.

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I have submitted one. Not good, but it adds to the tally. I doubt I'll think of another.
 
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Only limericks from two people still.


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Here's another of my own to encourage you in streching the rhyme.

As he showed me the strange photgrarugh
He emitted a short hollow larugh
"It's a shot of the worta
Where sadly I sorta
Barughed in the barugh in Great Barugh.


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Yeah, the accents help this one. I'll try, but I'm with Geoff - there isn't much. I imagine some of us will have the same ones. But that's fine too.
 
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I'm in.

Is it OK if someone wants to write about Little Barugh instead?
 
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Sure. Why not. I wouldn’t belittle your efforts.


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...and then there's always Bernard Barugh
 
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Wasn't his name pronounced "Bar-ook?" In Hebrew, does that mean "son of Ook? Confused
 
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Well personally I loved this one, Bob. I'll try to come up with another, inspired by your examples.
 
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I have another that I wrote but as the rhyme was inspired by a submitted limerick I'll hold fire until they have all been posted and the voting is in.

Speaking of which... I still don't have many but I will post what I have on Friday.


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