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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: counting the counties #41787 09/17/01 03:05 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 glad I am not the only awkward sod - I didn't like to raise that one Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: counting the counties #41788 09/17/01 08:15 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Which brings me to a piece of doggerel I learned as a child. I'd be grateful if anyone can tell me the author: "William the Conqueror, 1066, Said to his barons 'I mean to affix England to Normandy; go out and borrow some bows and some arrows, we're starting tomorrow.' So William went conquering hither and thither Till Angles and Saxons were all of a dither. He conquered so quickly You could not keep count of the counties he conquered. Ten or a dozen, or maybe a score And I haven't a doubt he'd have conquered some more, But death put an end to his tactics, thank Heaven Of William the Conqueror, 1087". [out-of-breath -e] The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: counting the counties #41789 09/18/01 02:43 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky CapK, it sounds like it could be one of the poems in "Now We Are Six", by Milne. But I'll be darned if I can find the book right now! I shall continue the hunt tomorrow--I got it for my son years and years ago, when he was almost 6. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter William the Conqueror #41790 09/18/01 10:54 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom R rodward addict rodward addict R Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom could be one of the poems in "Now We Are Six", by Milne Sounds a bit like Milne's style but not any of his standard works methinks. Lost quotes site asked for the author last October with no replies that I can see. I am intrigued myself now. And a (nother) plug for "Now We Are 60". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: words, freaking words #41791 09/18/01 02:52 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City <<And, if language isn't the medium by which I communicate with others, how the hell am I doing it? >> Ah, Max! You are no friend of irony! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word freak #41792 09/18/01 02:53 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City <DOES ANAL RETENTIVE HAVE A HYPHEN? No, a colon. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word freak #41793 09/18/01 04:56 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky DOES ANAL RETENTIVE HAVE A HYPHEN? No, a colon. Ohmigawd! You're on your way back, insel. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: words, freaking words #41794 09/22/01 09:27 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >but is it a good read? well, I know you've all been waiting breathlessly for an answer to this. it's a detailed (but somewhat narrow) view of a fascinating subculture. It reminded me, in that regard, of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief (which I'd also recommend). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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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