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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 TSUWMPERMAN!!?? #56225 02/18/02 12:41 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... One last, probably futile, but sincere cry to tsuwmperman: Oh, yoooooooo hoooooooo! twsuwmperman??? Can you find a single instance, oh, great flying WordMan, of lyric being used anywhere in literature as the collective words in a single song? If anyone can, you, man of words that can cut through steel, can!! Best regards, WordsWasted Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter another county heard from #56226 02/23/02 12:21 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,535 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,535 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA Anu has spoken: The first musical comedy to win the Pulitzer Prize, "Of Thee I Sing"... (music: George Gershwin, lyrics: Ira Gershwin, libretto: George Kaufman and Morris Ryskind) (from today's theme word) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: another county heard from #56227 02/23/02 01:56 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Applause for wofa's performance! [clap-clap-clap -e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lyric/Lyrics #56228 03/26/02 12:39 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I'm bringing this thread back up because I'm wondering how many of you heard Jennifer Lopez announce the contending songs for the Academy Awards? I have it from a good source that she announced each song, "music by ________________ (whomever)"....and, get ready for this, "lyric by _______________(whomever)." And she used the word "lyric" five times--consistent in using lyric for words of the songs rather than lyrics. Did anyone else here notice this? And, if so, it makes me wish I could contact her script writer for the awards and find out why he/she chose "lyric"--is he/she of the old school? I'm very curious because what I believe is going on is there is an old-fashioned preference for lyric, but the masses are moving against the old rule--and, when the masses so move, those poor old dogs of rules eventually lie down and die. Best regards, WordWorrier Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lyric/Lyrics #56229 03/26/02 01:42 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 it makes me wish I could contact her script writer for the awards It may well have been this character: http://www.hollywoodsquares.com/whoswho/theregularsbio.asp?CelebID=52 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lyric/Lyrics #56230 03/26/02 02:08 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Dear Faldage, Thanks for the link. I couldn't access Mr. Valanch's link, but the information on the link you provided sure makes it sound possible that he could have written Lopez's script! I'll continue what will probably be a lifelong interest in the history of the word lyric. 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