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Sneakingly, creepingly,
some think annoyingly,
twosleepy comes in to
fix up the mess
made of a Spanish word,
guess that you never heard;
"frijole" does not ex-
ist; it's "frijol" no less!
Spanglishly, manglishly
statesians mess up in
trying to use words that
aren't English norm,
stumblingly, humblingly,
Even the best can learn
"-es" removes from the
plural noun form.
Wow! Did I write that?!? That was fun! Don't know if I followed all the rules, but I think so... This is a problem usually with "tamales", from which people want to make "tamale", but it doesn't exist; it's "tamal" in the singular. Since so many Spanish words end in vowels, those are easy; just remove the "s". Hope you enjoyed my mini-lesson! :0)
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'njoying the lesson I
stand by my usage I
know that I've heard it a
time on TV
blame not me, uh-uh my
vocabularic pe-
culiar niceties
trump prescript'vies!
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That's a mayor poem and lesson and Etaoin is making hashj from it. And you could have expected this sooner or later:
Dactylus! Dactylus!
Olleke bolleke
Tweemaal vier regels
Die rijmen aan 't slot
Kreet, thema, één woord met
Zeslettergrepigheid
Moeilijk te maken
Maar wat een genot! (borrowed)
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AKA: Olleke Bolleke
rebuso olleke
Olleke Bolleke............Knol! (nursery rhyme)
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Sniggley piggly
Ding dong a diggley
Wop bop a loo bop a-biddle bam bo
Widdley waddley
Sham-a-lama ding daddley
Hi de hi de hi de hi de hi de hi de hi de ho!
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heh
I remember a similar bit of poetry on an episode of Night Court.
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Your elegant nursery rhyme proves to me once more that the Dutch language is fine for many things, but it does not sing.
The difference is obvious.
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I find the most difficult part of the Double Dactyl is finding the person's name in that meter. Here's one for today. You can tell I don't have enough work to do!!
Doodlewon Toodlewon
Jennifer Anniston:
Actress who played in a
Number of hits;
She tried to reconcile
Enthusiastically;
Later declared, “Brad, you’re
Really the PITTS.”
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Zippity Lippity
Catherine DeMedicis,
Looking to end the
religious divides,
Issued her Edict so
Idealistically;
Nevertheless many
Lost their poor hides.
Something made me think of Catherine DeMedicis a couple weeks ago. I don't even remember now what it was. But I thought: "Aha! A double dactyl could arise from this!" And I began to cogitate. Actually, all I truly remembered about her from my school daze was that she was a ruthless woman and a poisoner. As you can see, after doing a little research, I decided to praise her for her good, yet futile, attempt to bring Catholics and Hugenots together. So you see, wordplay is not only fun but educational. I learned things about her I had not known!
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Supiter Dupiter
Anakin Skywalker:
Jedi apprentice,
The Force was his guide;
He fought fantastically,
Telekinetically,
Bravely for Good 'til
Consumed by his pride.
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