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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Re: Volitant [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] #180370 11/17/08 07:32 PM 11/17/08 07:32 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy   old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY 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) Re: Volitant [Re: twosleepy] #180373 11/17/08 08:18 PM 11/17/08 08:18 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont '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! formerly known as etaoin... Re: Volitant [Re: twosleepy] #180374 11/17/08 09:12 PM 11/17/08 09:12 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague 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) ---------- AKA: Olleke Bolleke rebuso olleke Olleke Bolleke............Knol! (nursery rhyme) scat [Re: BranShea] #180392 11/18/08 12:43 PM 11/18/08 12:43 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,816 Spam Factory A Alex Williams OP Pooh-Bah Alex Williams   OP Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,816 Spam Factory 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! Re: scat [Re: Alex Williams] #180393 11/18/08 01:27 PM 11/18/08 01:27 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont heh I remember a similar bit of poetry on an episode of Night Court. formerly known as etaoin... Re: scat [Re: Alex Williams] #180405 11/18/08 07:58 PM 11/18/08 07:58 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague 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. Re: scat [Re: BranShea] #180411 11/18/08 09:41 PM 11/18/08 09:41 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean   old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA 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.” Re: scat [Re: Coffeebean] #180417 11/19/08 01:58 AM 11/19/08 01:58 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky [helpless laughter e] Re: Volitant [Re: Coffeebean] #180442 11/19/08 05:41 PM 11/19/08 05:41 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean   old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Originally Posted By: Coffeebean 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! Re: Double Dactyl [Re: Alex Williams] #180488 11/22/08 04:55 PM 11/22/08 04:55 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean   old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Supiter Dupiter Anakin Skywalker: Jedi apprentice, The Force was his guide; He fought fantastically, Telekinetically, Bravely for Good 'til Consumed by his pride. Page 3 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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