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#214273 - 02/23/14 02:02 PM City/Town/Country....ending with "its" sound
GHCabrera stranger Registered: 02/23/14 Posts: 3 Loc: California, USA	Greetings! My first post.... I create crossword puzzles as an insane diversion. A new puzzle I am working on has a limerick as the central theme. I am looking for a city/town/country (recognizable to an American reader - cannot be obscure) that has the sound "its" as its final syllable. i.e. habits, merits. A wonderful word for my limerick would be a word that has a short i sound as the preceding syllable. i.e. digits, limits If an acceptable word can be found, I would be glad to post the limerick - for your amusement. Thanks, in advance!
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#214275 - 02/23/14 07:44 PM Re: City/Town/Country....ending with "its" sound [Re: GHCabrera]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	There's always Auschwitz, but it might be a bit touchy.
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#214276 - 02/23/14 09:44 PM Re: City/Town/Country....ending with "its" sound [Re: Faldage]
GHCabrera stranger Registered: 02/23/14 Posts: 3 Loc: California, USA	Yes, I briefly considered....its doubtful I would get published
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#214280 - 02/24/14 06:57 AM Re: City/Town/Country....ending with "its" sound [Re: GHCabrera]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	I got that by searching onelook for itz and limiting the results to proper nouns. You might try the same with its.
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#214283 - 02/24/14 03:06 PM Re: City/Town/Country....ending with "its" sound [Re: Faldage]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 956 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Moritz is also in Germany
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#214287 - 02/24/14 05:13 PM Re: City/Town/Country....ending with "its" sound [Re: olly]
Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska	Also St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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#214288 - 02/24/14 10:54 PM Re: City/Town/Country....ending with "its" sound [Re: GHCabrera]
GHCabrera stranger Registered: 02/23/14 Posts: 3 Loc: California, USA	Thanks so far.....it is now becoming apparent that there is a metrical requirement...... as this town/city/country is the final word of the first line, the accent within the word must fall on the next-to-last syllable. i.e. There once was a young man from Nimitz .....or, A woman who slept for five minutes. Damn, Auschwitz is now looking better.
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#214296 - 02/25/14 11:51 AM Re: City/Town/Country....ending with "its" sound [Re: GHCabrera]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8429 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Kibbutz, kibbitz. ribbits(?)frogs. tidbits. obits (death notices) widgets,widgits _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#214316 - 02/27/14 08:58 AM puttin' on the Ritz [Re: LukeJavan8]
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6786 Loc: Worcester, MA	planets banquets cubits, Q-bits deposits rabbits surfeits "Manishevitz" fits all the requirements except it isn't a place-name. However, "A businessman named Manishevitz," or "A purveyor of fine wines and spirits" could go places. There's an Israeli newspaper Ha'Aretz. All with the defect that the rhyme is on the unstressed final -its but the stressed penultimate syllables should line up too, for greater assonance.
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#214319 - 02/27/14 09:18 AM Re: puttin' on the Ritz [Re: GHCabrera]
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6786 Loc: Worcester, MA	Wih the short -i- constraint inhibits exhibits elicits/illicits billets visits What intervening cnosonant are you working with "--i_its" ?
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