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quote: Regarding "compile/compose," I'm afraid that I must insist I am correct on this point as evidenced by B.H. and Tinman not chiming it to agree with you and TrossL. Were their noses not slightly out of joint over my proposed improvements to the OED (and out of the goodness of my heart, yet!) I'm confident they would have posted to support my view. No matter. In the next OED, I'll try to include something along the lines of "by many, the two words are used interchangebly" and, in the meantime, feel free to do so as you see fit with my royal blessing. Your limerick rates another "B+" though I think it could have been improved by altering the 1st line to "While limerick writing is fun," with the comma (in place of the period) linking the first two lines to make one fluid thought. The meter dictates that you must pronounce the last line's name as "LORD tennySON" which some might object to but lord knows I'm easy to get along with. The King has spoken. | |||
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quote: No grade - Teacher's scrawl in upper corner, "See me." Rhymes - perfect. Meter - perfect. Text - "Huh?" Our clients are clammoring for Single Dactyls??! As in, possibly: Higglety Joan of Arc All burnt up, Voices, she heard. Might have been Actually Death and fame That she preferred. Gee, I dunno. I don't think this is going to catch on! TKHS | |||
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quote: I'm tempted to answer, "Yes, but I'm King." But that would be the easy way out and, regardless of whether you tend to agree with my line of thinking or (more likely) not, I hope that I have at least established a reputation for not necessarily grabbing for easy answers. Although the following may sound like quibbling, I swear it's not. The distinction I see is that the last line of your limerick gives the impression of being an error whereas the last line of my limerick ("And that, of course, would be disafter!") ended with a word which was obviously coined specifically for the purpose of humorously ending the piece. And as I've ruled elsewhere, the absolute worst place for an imperfection in a limerick is in its last word. An otherwise fine piece which ends poorly is like a scruptious hot fudge sundae with a cat turd at the bottom. (Don't ask me how I know about this - suffice to say I grew up with some pretty cruel practical jokers in my family!) Having picked that nit, may I add that I normally would have simply ceeded the point you make out of professional courtesy, one monarch to another, but am shocked (Shocked, I say!) to see that the seat of the double dactyl throne was barely warmed by your tush before you sprang up and went elsewhere! A sad, sad day... | |||
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quote: Note to the Strolin Department ==> Helterly skelterly DoubleDactyliers Pause to admire your Forthright response; Unique and singular Lickin-good-fingular Single dactyls just might Yet have a chance.* "chance" as in BritSpeak ???  | |||
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quote: It's official. The two threads are interbreeding. Since you posted it here, allow me to critique this fine work. Overall, an "A-" (and, might I add, that I would not be so free with my highest grades as other pushover monarchs I could name might be!) Strong points: "Lickin-good-fingular" is such an excellent coinage for "finger-lickin' good" to fit the DD format that one completely ignores the fact that greasy fingers have nothing to do with what you're talking about here. It's just a great word! Fine rhymes including an interesting lines 4 & 5 combo and a punchline which requires a British accent. Well done! Plus perfect meter in 7 lines out of 8. Which brings us to the other side of the coin. This piece won't work exactly right unless you mispronounce "double dactyls," putting the stress as "SINGle dacTYLS just might" which isn't natural. For the last two lines, suggest "THIS fine new ART form might/JUST have a CHANCE." I would have made "DoubleDactyliers" (another fine coinage) two words and included the apostrophe after "lickin" but these are minor points. All in all, one of your best yet. | |||
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Oh, TrossL, I thought your mind had been made up about leaving the throne. I should have known since you're a woman--oh! oh! better not go there since I am purportedly a feminist (my daughter would die laughing if she were to hear that!) At any rate, my dear, please stay as our fierceless leader in the D-Ds! We love you there, and your talent is inspirational. After all, had it not have been for you, I never would have tried one. Now, I walk around mumbling 6 syllable words. Shufitz is ready to scream! Please stay as our beautiful Queen of the D-Ds! [And, now I'm off to write an encouraging limerick!  ] | |||
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TrossL, please stay as our queen! Better has never been seen. Your dactyls are great, You beautifully rate. Double Ds without TrossL...Obscene! | |||
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quote: It's amazingly lucky that you wrote that when you did. After all just one minute later and it wouldn't have worked at all.  Vescere bracis meis. Read all about my travels around the world here. | |||
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quote: ________________________________________ Originally posted by BobHale: It's amazingly lucky that you wrote that when you did. After all just one minute later and it wouldn't have worked at all. ________________________________________ Au contraire! Now crank out a dactyl once more, The waiting's becoming a bore.<---------(not sure of apostrophe rule) I'll sit here and drink, No, not what you think, After all it's just 10:24!This message has been edited. Last edited by: TrossL, | |||
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That's perfectly accurate since the apostrophe here is one denoting omission. The full text would be "...the waiting is becoming a bore..." Richard English | |||
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TrossL invites me to write A dactyl, and I'm in a fright! They're easy for her, But for me---Grrrrrr! I'll try it because I'm polite! [note: the last line was going to be: "Remember, I'm not all that bright"--but I was afraid sweet CJ would deduct points for "self-deprecation". However, with dactyls, I am not all that bright. You should have seen my first drafts! | |||
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TrossL's Limericks are showing her skill At giving her audience a thrill TrossL's taking the time To make a good rhyme, Saying, "Where there's a way there's a will." ~~~ jerry | |||
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quote: I too welcome back our Queen TrossL, But note that our Kalleh, both docile And sweet in support, Did so quickly abort Her position as J.T.'s apostle! Your limerick, Kalleh, rates an "A" (but we're watching you...) | |||
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quote: Two strong "A-"s. The first would have been tremendously improved, rhythm-wise, by changing "go" in the second line to any two-syllable synonym stressed on the first syllable. Minor points off for inaccuracy in the second one, posting your 10:23 limerick at 7:20. Overall, both well done as always. TKHS | |||
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quote: A strong "A" J.T. The stress in your limericks is always dead-on. Referring to Her Royal Highness as "Queenie" might strike some as a bit familiar but I'm sure our TrossL would not disapprove. | |||
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quote: BA-BOOOM!!! Oh, my God!! Is this an original??!! Since you don't say otherwise, I'm assuming that we are once again in the presence of genius! A definite "A+" and among the very best of anything posted on this thread. BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO!! As I recall from our time together in Germany, besides being a very lovely and sensual woman, you had very strong thighs. Is this piece autobiographical? The mind reels! The King (feeling faint) has spoken. | |||
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This item, just in from Moline: They've invented a pleasure machine. Both concave and convex It will fit either sex And spatters are easy to clean. Bumper sticker ===> Compatibility is coming together. | |||
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Some have commented that this thread is so long that it takes quite a bit of time to load on their computers. So I've started a continuation thread over in "The Written Word". | |||
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quote: That’s curious, C J. My not posting to disagree with you is “evidence” that you are correct? Couldn’t TrossL and Kalleh just as logically assume that my not posting to disagree with them is “evidence” that they are correct? Since my not posting to disagree with you is “evidence” that you are correct, then my posting to disagree with you must be “evidence” that you are incorrect. Your logic eludes me. Maybe if I don’t post a reply to a particular topic I have no strong opinion. Or maybe I have no interest. Or perhaps I just don’t have the time or inclination at the moment. My not posting should not be construed as evidence of anything. Now, to get to compile and compose. When I think of compose, I think of originality and creativity or, as M-W puts it, “to create by mental or artistic labor” (one of five definitions). Compile connotes to me an amassing of information or data from other sources. Words, as you must know by now, often have a variety of meanings, and compile and compose are not exceptional in this regard. They have several definitions and are often considered synonymous. To me the words are distinctive: one expresses originality and creativity; the other does not. To others the words are synonymous. I may not agree, but that doesn’t mean they’re wrong. As Humpty Dumpty said, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less" Tinman PS. My nose is just fine, thank you. | |||
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Aha! So you DO agree with me! (Just as I had thought!) A while back I officialy declared a cessation of the pulling of R.E.'s beard by a former Limerick King who shall remain nameless. The differing senses of humor of US vs. UK posters apparently lead to confusion and, possibly, occasionally to bruised feelings when my British brethern took far too seriously various little throw-away bits of semi-comedy that, I can't help but believe, my US audience saw differently. As I said before, I regret any unintended (favorite American expression coming up) case of the red ass that anything I've said might have caused. In short, it was a joke. Of course I couldn't reasonably read any sense of your concurrence into your non-response on any topic. It's ridiculous and, as such, humorous. At least to me, anyway. I have this mental picture of you and R.E. living some 150 years ago and reading "Jabberwocky" when it was first published. In this little daydream, you both are firing off angry letters to Lewis Carroll along the lines of "What is this gibberish?! My copy of the OED has no 'gyre, 'gabe,' or 'gallumph'! etc etc" and then on and on for three pages. Now don't get me wrong (again), I do very much enjoy your posts and (usually) respect your point of view. I just don't want you to think of me as the complete idiot that my posts might lead you to think I am if you took every word as gospel. You also may now consider your beard off limits as far as me pulling it is concerned. I think. For at least a while, anyway... | |||
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quote:This tolerance for imprecision coming from the man who rejects the almost-perfect rhyme? By the way, it's wabe, not gabe. And gyre is a perfectly good word, predating Carroll by three centuries. | |||
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Hey guys....let's take this to the continuation thread here. | |||
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quote: Of course I don't think of you as a complete idiot. Tinman | |||
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Incomplete idiots deserve a grade that is held in reserve. The world is replete with idiocy complete; "incomplete" doesn't fit on the curve. ~~~ Are organic chemistry students biodegradable ? ~~~ jerry [This message was edited by jerry thomas on Mon Sep 29th, 2003 at 5:39.] | |||
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quote: And yes, M., I'll go back to the continuation thread. (A question just occurred to me, though. Might your nephews and neices, if any, refer to you as "Auntie M"??) | |||
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There once was a Drug Czar named Bennett Whose every remark was a tenet His pomposity Plus his hypocrisy Outweighed the United States Senate This was copied from the Anderson Valley Advertiser | |||
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Yes, CJ, did you have something to say?  | |||
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quote: Gray-um. I only get called Gram by Germans and my stusents from China who call me Mr Gram. | |||
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