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quote:Jerry, your last line, which I'm about to steal, inspired the following. This in reply to the Pontifex Maximus: "Gals are delectable. Hard to eschew. Though you are rigidly Antiprotectionist, I'm imperfectible. What can one do?" | |||
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quote: [This message was edited by C J Strolin on Mon Apr 21st, 2003 at 17:13.] | |||
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quote: For your homework, read and translate the new signature line below. It was after all chosen with you in mind. Non curo ! Si metrum no habet, non est poema. Read all about my travels around the world here. Read even more of my travel writing and poems on my weblog. | |||
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quote: My guess, based on an educational background completely devoid of Latin classes, would be something along the lines of "No doubt! If the meter's not home ("habet" = "habitation," i.e. "If the meter's not there") it's not a poem." I doubt that this is exactly correct but it rhymes and that should count for something... (What would the Latin be for "If the rhyme doesn't fit, you must acquit"?) | |||
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quote:Of course. I often feel the need to speak out, be it at home, at work, or here...and I did that. You must realize that double dactyls are rather new to some of us, and, considering that, I think the creativity here by all has been just wonderful. Further, to me, when the meter isn't followed, it is a nice verse, but not a double dactyl. Now--I had to learn that. Look at some of my first ones. I read the Web about double dactyls and admired some of the best, learning to absolutely love them. I find it interesting that you see this big disparity in quality of double dactyls ("??!!"), when one of people you lauded for the double dactyls had never even written one here (i.e. museamuse). Now, muse's limericks are wonderful, I agree. Now, perhaps my love of double dactyls has gone a bit far. I found myself up at 4 am this morning writing this one! Dactalee, Schmactalee Women on Wordcrafter Write double dactyls, en- Joying the verse. All should be judged using Asexuality. Judge us as equals or Kalleh will curse! Perhaps I should be admitted to Chicago's Double Dactyl Insane Asylum** for dactyl insanity (oh, no, there's that darned meter again....!!!!) **CJ, just to let you know that the Dactyl Insane Asylum doesn't really exist. It's a joke, it's humor! I know how you always take everything so seriously, so I thought I'd give you a heads up on that! | |||
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quote: Kalleh, you are once more, God knows how, confusing me with R.E. Would it help if I took to wearing my crown again? (Good DD, though!) And Museamuse, you have been challenged!! Your first double dactyl will be expected within the week. (And, by the way, yes, it is still Monday, by my calendar anyway. I really am trying to stick to my one-day-a-week posting schedule...) | |||
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Royalty Loyalty Order of the Garter Selected a motto Fitting response Useful for here and now francofilaceously (graciously?) ...honi soit qui mal y pense" | |||
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quote:Believe me, there is no way that I could confuse you with Richard! This, my dear CJ, is commonly known as sarcasm! Did you miss that thread? After all, you, time and time again, accuse many of us of not having a sense of humor. Loopily Floopily Dactyl insanity, New diagnosis for DSM IV. Patients complain that they Speak rhythmatically. Dactylability Flows evermore! Yes, yes, Shufitz. I can read your mind, my dear. Those words are coinages! Oy vey! The aggravation I experience on this site! | |||
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Higgledy Piggledy Simon T. Weisenthal Hunted war criminals; He was a threat! One hundred one thousand Nazis arrested. Let's Hypermnesically Never forget! | |||
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h t t p : // w w w . wordcraft.infopop (you know the rest of) Wonderful bulletin Board that we've wrought! [to be read as: Aitch tee tee pee colon Forward-slash forward-slash Double-u Double-u Double-u dot ... etc. | |||
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Uhhh, Hic? There's no www in the adress to this website... | |||
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pickety pickety h t t p : // wordcrafters' fun wordcraft.infopop (you know the rest of it) Edited bulletin Board Number One | |||
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TrossL, granted that the trip-dub isn't needed for this site, I found that you can put it in and the link will still work. Try it, or just click here, see what you get, and then check what's in your browser window. It suprised me too. | |||
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Prettily Dittily Jennifer Aniston, Strikingly beautiful Starlet of Friends, Eats almost nothing. Her Waist is so slender, it's Infinitesimal. Jealous? Depends! | |||
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quote: EDIT: (and others) Far be it from me to be a nitpicker [Who? Me? Never! ] but the "official" definition of a D-D wants it to be the sixth line that has the single word, not the seventh... | |||
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Really???? I didn't know that! I thought it could be either line 6 or 7. Shufitz, how could you lead me astray? Thanks so much, Haberdasher. How about a double dactyl from you? | |||
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quote: Double-dactylity? Such haberdashery Doesn't come readily Out of my hat. Trying to force it un- Characteristically Only gives doggerel. (Something like that) | |||
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A little research shows my prescriptivist side. I am sure the "strict" definition requires the single double-dactylic word to be on the sixth line, but usage triumphs, as always. The preponderance of definitions demands only that it be "somewhere in the second verse," and the more rigid ones want it "in the sixth or seventh line." Objection withdrawn. | |||
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Haberdasher, as you may have read in this thread, I have become a stickler about double dactyls...therefore, I will only put the 6-syllable word in the 6th line from now on. And, 25 lashes with the wet noodle to Shufitz! By the way, I loved your double dactyl! You are quite modest, my friend. | |||
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I visited the new Saatchi Gallery on Thursday. Artistry-Butchery Hirst D. and Emin T.. Cut up dead animals Mess up a bed Charles Saatchi, a man whose Money seems limitless Unparsimoniously Parts with the bread. My review of the gallery is now on my weblog, the second link below will take you to it. Non curo ! Si metrum no habet, non est poema. Read all about my travels around the world here. Read even more of my travel writing and poems on my weblog. | |||
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It seems that the one-word line may be the 5th, 6th or 7th, despite self-styled authorities who say otherwise. According to the web, the ultimate authorites are Hecht, Pascal and Hollander: "The form was invented by Anthony Hecht and Paul Pascal, as documented by Hecht and John Hollander in their compilation, 'Jiggery-Pokery: A Compendium of Double Dactyls' (Athenaeum, New York, 1967)." And per another source: "The rules of the double dactyl are set forth in the classic Jiggery Pokery, ed. Anthony Hecht and John Hollander, Atheneum, 1967. ... the fifth, sixth, or seventh lines must be entirely composed of a single, double-dactylic word." Though 6th is most common, I've found Pascal and Hollander examples using the 5th, and Hecht and Hollander examples using the 7th. So let freedom reign! | |||
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Didn't I say that already, sorta? | |||
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shoofitzy doofitzy master kalleh-grapher don't question dactyl rules in illinois fifth sixth or seventh line threatens tranquility intradomestically go for the joy | |||
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Not that I would ever want to spoil a good thing, but this idea has been floating around my head: I don't, but does anyone have the imagination to combine a double-dactyl with an acrostic? Numbledy Pumblety Otto D Preminger Never permitted his Servants to fly. Even the waterboy Naturopathically Seemed to resent when he Even walked by. Well, I told you I hadn't the imagination. And Otto Preminger didn't have a middle name, either, did he? But it _is_ nonsense, just as it says it is... So. Surely among us there are people who can really make something of it. Yes? :-) | |||
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Haberdasher, fantastic job, but that's quite a gauntlet you've thrown down. I'm not sure I'm brave enough to try. But this thread began, before your time, with an example of an acrostic DD. | |||
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quote: It did? quote: NABOKOV Am I missing something? Or is that a real word? | |||
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haberdasher, you're more talented than you let on! Happily, Hoppily Dear Haberdashery, Welcome to Wordcrafter; Love your great posts! But, I must testify Antagonistically. Adding acrostics would Limit my boasts! Double dactyls stretch my brain as it is. Perhaps TrossL? Or CJ? Or Jerry? P.S. Note my 6th line? | |||
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quote: You're missing something - the name in line two ! Non curo ! Si metrum no habet, non est poema. Read all about my travels around the world here. Read even more of my travel writing and poems on my weblog. | |||
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Iggledy friggledy Nickie Copernicus Telescope neophyte E-mails this verse Reviewing the heavens Nongeocentrically Earth is in orbit in The universe | |||
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Tennyson venison Alfred Lord Tennyson Nagged by the Monarch for Notions in verse Yelled "Enoch Arden" with Sincere alacrity Obsequiosity Needing a nurse. | |||
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Allomorphologist Cryptographologist Reaching for syllables Out of the blue Starting initially Thinking fallaciously Inconsequentially Catching a few | |||
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NICE, Jerry :-). Self-referential, even. | |||
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quote: Lovely!! I stay away for a week and return to find that not only am I one of three individuals fingered (!!) for this outrageous challenge but that the other two have already accomplished it! TrossL, my first reaction to your Peter O'Toole piece was something along the lines of "My God, was that ever a stinker!" Then I realized that it was an acrostic and understood your comment. And J.T., my goodness, yours were first rate! You people have entirely too much time on your hands. I may be back next week with an acrostic double dactyl or, more likely, not. | |||
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quote: Duhhhhhhhhhhhh! | |||
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Here's one that fits in another thread. | |||
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Now, that is great, TrossL! [This message was edited by Kalleh on Sun May 4th, 2003 at 7:19.] | |||
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Writer of Sci-Fi was Asimov, Isaac. He Taught biochemistry, Once, at B.U. Also he noted that "Para-dichloro- aMino-benzaldehyde" Fits in these, too. (I don't know whether it's all true or not, but it makes a good story! The BU part is right, at least.) [This message was edited by haberdasher on Sat May 3rd, 2003 at 20:39.] | |||
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Higgledy piggledy, Marion Morrison. Know you that name? Are you Racking your brain? Hollywood thought it lacked Marketability; You perhaps know him as Actor John Wayne. | ||
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quote: Very nice, Jerry, and you'll be pleased to know that you can eliminate the strain in the second line. "Nicolas Copernicus" is the latinized form of the gentleman's name, as used in scholarly publications of the time. His actual name, however was a perfect double-dactyl fit: Nicolaus Koppernigk. | |||
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I know that Jerry wrote a double dactyl on Margaret Mitchell, but, hey, that was back in March. I have had ohrwurm dactylitis lately (nice coinage, don't you think? ), and this one has been going through my brain: Fiddaly Diddaly Margaret Mitchell wrote "Gone with the Wind" where the South she did slam. Uncompromisingly, Scarlett O'Hara loved Rhett, but he told her, "I Don't give a damn!" | |||
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Wordnerd!!! Your John Wayne DD is perfection!! Rhyme, meter, funny punchline, informative... I feel like falling on my knees, ala Wayne & Garth, and shouting "We're not worthy, We're not worthy..." | |||
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quote: How glad I am I didn't declare myself Emperor of this thread! I'd be griping and moaning about each and every imperfect double dactyl which, frankly, takes in a majority of what we've come up with here. Mine included, I'm quick to add. By its definition (which is lengthly - see this thread's beginning) anything less than 100% adherence to all rules equates to failure. Sorry, folks, but these aren't limericks we're dealin' with here! Wordnerd, I will agree with TrossL's glowing review of your John Wayne piece if you convert that awkward third line (sorry - I calls 'em as I sees 'em) to: Higglety Pigglety Marion Morrison Know that name? Are you now Racking your brain? in order to improve the syntax and meter. Otherwise, yes, it's a definite winner! | |||
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CJ, I agree with you about the 3rd line being a bit awkward because of the question mark. Yet, as wordnerd wrote it, the stresses are correct: know you that name? Are you Duh duh duh duh duh duh Your suggestion, I fear, is worse, at least in the way I stess the words. I would say: Know that name? Are you now Duh duh duh duh duh duh And, you know me....meter is first and foremost in these, along with a name in the second line and the 6-syllable word in the 5th, 6th or 7th line (sorry, haberdasher! ) I have seen some real stinkers elsewhere online! We definitely have some top-rated ones. While wordnerd's isn't perfect because of the question mark, it is damned good! My very favorite here, to date, is the one by Hic. [This message was edited by Kalleh on Tue May 6th, 2003 at 14:51.] | |||
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Patience (not Pinafore) Gilbert and Sullivan Dactyls are everywhere Even today Not that it's relevant Ultra-aesthetical Reginald Bunthorne once Heard it this way: If you want a receipt for that popular mystery, Known to the world as a Heavy Dragoon, ... Take all the remarkable people in history, Rattle them off to a popular tune. ... The pluck of Lord Nelson on board of the Victory-- Genius of Bismarck devising a plan-- The humour of Fielding (which sounds contradictory)-- Coolness of Paget about to trepan-- The science of Jullien, the eminent musico-- Wit of Macaulay, who wrote of Queen Anne-- The pathos of Paddy, as rendered by Boucicault-- Style of the Bishop of Sodor and Man-- The dash of a D'Orsay, divested of quackery-- Narrative powers of Dickens and Thackeray-- Victor Emmanuel -- peak-haunting Peveril-- Thomas Aquinas, and Doctor Sacheverell-- Tupper and Tennyson -- Daniel Defoe-- Anthony Trollope and Mister Guizot! Take of these elements all that is fusible Melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible-- Set them to simmer, and take off the scum, And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum! If you want a receipt for this soldier-like paragon, Get at the wealth of the Czar (if you can)-- The family pride of a Spaniard from Aragon-- Force of Mephisto pronouncing a ban-- A smack of Lord Waterford, reckless and rollicky-- Swagger of Roderick, heading his clan-- The keen penetration of Paddington Pollaky-- Grace of an Odalisque on a divan-- The genius strategic of Caesar or Hannibal-- Skill of Sir Garnet in thrashing a cannibal-- Flavour of Hamlet -- the Stranger, a touch of him-- Little of Manfred (but not very much of him)-- Beadle of Burlington -- Richardson's show-- Mister Micawber and Madame Tussaud! Ah! Take of these elements all that is fusible Melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible-- Set them to simmer, and take off the scum, And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum! | |||
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True, I don't mind "bending" the natural stress of the text a bit to fit the DD meter while you're more a stickler on this point. The question mark in the third line doesn't bother me but what does is the fact that "Know you that name?" is a phrasing no one would use in normal conversation. It's contrived and used for the sole purpose of fitting into the very rigid DD structure. I would see my alternative as being more like: Know that name? (equal stress with "Know," maybe a just tad less to conform to the DD meter) Are you now... etc. "Are you now" seems natural enough to my ear and, while "Are you now" does as well, this second way seems to cue the rejoinder "or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party." I'd be interested to hear Wordnerd's take on all this. How's this for an alternative? Higglety Pigglety Marion Morrison. If he's unknown to you, Let me explain. Hollywood thought he lacked Marketability; You perhaps know him as Actor John Wayne. It glistens! | |||
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Cinema Minima Norma Jean Mortenson Factory worker was Missing her beau Caught in a snapshot by Modelphotographer Sought-after cover girl Marilyn Monroe | |||
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Love it, Jerry. I hope to match yours with one about Pamela Anderson. Now wouldn't that be be a fine pair? | |||
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Love it, haberdasher! Oh, CJ, I really don't mean to be such a wet blanket, and, yes, I have an opinion for everything! Your second rendition is much better.....however, for some reason I say it as: " If he's unknown to you". However, I know that I should talk with my "Margaret Mitchell wrote", so there you have it. I find the names so hard to find. Jerry, that is just great! | |||
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quote: Not to cross-polinate threads but this brings to mind the oldie: There once was a woman named Claire Who possessed a magnificent pair, Or that's what I thought Till I saw one get caught On a thorn and begin losing air. For 20 minutes now, I've been struggling to come up with an updated version of this classic but there just aren't that many rhymes out there for "silicone." | |||
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