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A C Bowden #228397 07/04/18 01:21 PM
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TECHNICAL - TENACIOUSLY

Tenaciously, and with aplomb,
A sapper defused a large bomb.
His technical skill
And firmness of will
Caused watchers to mutter: "Quel homme!"

GRAPPLE - GRIFFIN

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A questing knight errant's advance
Was checked when a griffin, by chance,
Appeared near a pit;
They grappled a bit,
Then the knight slew the beast with his lance.

PANIC - PARAGRAPH

A C Bowden #228434 07/17/18 05:34 AM
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A writer chap nearly got fired
For a paragraph more than inspired:
He’d a cuppa so tannic
It engendered near panic
In prose that was too hot for Wired.

CHROMOSOME – CIAO

Ick! I’m so rusty!

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A rogue chromosome that I've got
Has made me a real xenoglot.
I'll be talking, then bingo!
Out comes some strange lingo,
Like 'ciao', 'entre nous', and such rot.

FRAGMENT - FROG

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Originally Posted by Tromboniator
A writer chap nearly got fired
For a paragraph more than inspired:
He’d a cuppa so tannic
It engendered near panic
In prose that was too hot for Wired.

CHROMOSOME – CIAO

Ick! I’m so rusty!



Still much better than I can do.


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Originally Posted by A C Bowden
A rogue chromosome that I've got
Has made me a real xenoglot.
I'll be talking, then bingo!
Out comes some strange lingo,
Like 'ciao', 'entre nous', and such rot.

FRAGMENT - FROG




Me too, probably because we spend so much time on this site and others trying to master PIE.


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A C Bowden #228454 07/21/18 02:53 AM
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Archaeologist posted his blog:
“Found a fragment of text in a bog.”
Years of stymied translation
Led to his revelation
That it’s really the corpse of a frog.

BELITTLE-BEND

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I try to bend spoons with my mind,
But people are often unkind:
"Your psychokinetic
Attempts are pathetic!"
I'm often belittled, I find.

GRAVEL - GREENGAGE

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An inn near the end of our travel
On byways of grass, mud and gravel
Served dry, tasteless ham
And sour greengage jam,
But we were too hungry to cavil.

REINS - RELIANT

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A highwayman rode over plains
With his takings secured to the reins.
Reliant on speed,
He goaded his steed
Till it threw him and trampled his brains.

DIZZY - DODO

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