I didn't play, too busy these days, but thought I'd cast a vote. I voted for 4 because it was my favourite of the few that actually got 2 proper rhymes for Prairie, and there are so many rhymes for Prairie I am surprised how many limericks missed the mark. But it is good to see so many limericks. Not sure how the Wisconsin one got allowed in, but it did make me laugh.
1. Marry rhymes with carry and tarry but not Prairie 3. Larry rhymes with marry and carry but not Prairie, should have used Carey 5 & 8. Merry rhymes with berry and cherry but not Prairie 10. Calimari rhymes with starry but not Prairie 11. In elementary the last syllable is the one with the emphasis so it doesn't rhyme either.
the few that actually got 2 proper rhymes for Prairie
Greetings again, Greg! You definitely do not speak Inland Northern American English.
My grandmother & her siblings pronounced these words differently. Tho raised in upstate-NY, their mother was from Halifax, father was raised & educated in parts of N & SC that still make those distinctions. Their a's were as follows: Marry as in cat, merry as in pet, Mary as in fair Mom & I followed suit, but by the time you get to my 15-yrs-younger bro, that nasally sound-alike "a" completely dominates.
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11. In elementary the last syllable is the one with the emphasis so it doesn't rhyme either. 11.
I feel obliged to object to this objection, citing none other than W.S.Gilbert hisself. In the example presented with the original challenge, --necessary --arbitrary --vagary --quandary --library --Seminary all had their accent placed on the penultimate syllable. So there is indeed "evidence before the Court that chorused Nature has interested herself in the matter," and let it stand without even the insertion of a single word.
But I do share your Mary/merry/marry distinction. It's a US regionalism, and can be used (among other such) to place your upbringing fairly accurately.
To me only 2,4,6 and 7 actually rhyme (and 9 but that has the small problem of not only not having the place in the A rhyme position , but not actually including it at all!).
So either I have a very limited choice or I'll have to assume that they rhyme for the writers. On the latter basis I'll choose 3.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
Hot times can be found in Sun Prairie Bit I think it is best to be wary. A guy there named Scopes Claims he'll show you the ropes But beware. Scopes is secretly fairy.
Hab is the big winner! However, Geoff will come up with the next venue because of the tie last time. Take it away, Geoff!
Didn't history repeat itself? Hab and I both got two votes, but his were concentrated on one superior limerick. Mine were spread over two lesser ones. To the winner go the spoils, and Haberdasher won fair an' square. You pick the next place, Hab! (If I had won I woulda picked Oxnard! )
Since you chose it, the rhyme is up to you. Had I been the winner, I'd have made it "OX-nard," which is how it's said by the locals. Well, how it used to be said. Now the city itself is inhabited by people with Hispanic accents, so it's more like, "Oaks Nard."
However, you had tied last time, Geoff, and I thought we had agreed that you'd go next. But - if you want Hab to, that's fine too.
Yeah, well, I lied. Maybe one of these days Ill get a licetime achievement award or something. Maybe some day I'll have my moon on the Oxnard Boulevard Walk of Infamy.
Hab, you REALLY don't need to use Oxnard! I was just being silly.
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Maybe one of these days Ill get a licetime achievement award or something. Maybe some day I'll have my moon on the Oxnard Boulevard Walk of Infamy.