#56225
02/18/2002 12:41 PM
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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
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#56226
02/23/2002 12:21 AM
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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)
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#56227
02/23/2002 1:56 AM
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Applause for wofa's performance! [clap-clap-clap -e]
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#56228
03/26/2002 12:39 PM
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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.
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WordWorrier
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#56230
03/26/2002 2:08 PM
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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.
Constantly climbing mole hills,
Wordwind
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