wear our the cats?

today | me

[screaminghurl]

hi, a frined told me aboutthis sight. he sad i woud like this sight becuz of cat photos. i like cats alot. there r not 2 manny goud sights wim cat photos i can find.

well, wear our the cat photos?

ive ben here all morning louking 4 cat photos. decided 2 sine up 2 see if my luck wouud change. will my luck chnage?

neway i just c lots of talk abot busch. i am big ted kennedy fan. maybe i wont fit in, excpet 4 liking cats?

can some1 link 2 some photos are or post some cat photos. i reallie wont to make this werhthwhiile.

thanx.

[fanfan]

I love the way he talks!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

There ain't nothing wrong with the way I talk either. They'll have to pry my cold dead fingers off my last y'all before I'll give that one up.

[fanfan]

I could pronounce it, but I didn't know what a Terpsichore was.

Thanks!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

No, '-een' means small => Jackeen = small Jack.

Jack is a nickname for Dubliners.

Gobshite is an Irish slang word, probably the closest equivalent is 'a--hole'.

[NicknamedBob]

"You could recite that?"

It is a certainty.


Daughter Rhymes With Laughter

I said that daughter rhymes with laughter, and everyone objected,
“Those two words don’t sound the same, you’ve gotten disconnected.”
But I contend that they do rhyme, that daughter rhymes with laughter,
For boys will make you tear your hair, but girls will make you dafter.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 11, 2004

[Das Outsider]

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.

Fan, where did this originate? It just so happens that I've got a side research--ok, semi-serious--project on the nature and origin of English absurdities, incongruities, and what have you. This poem would be perfect! I just need to know to whom the proper credit belongs.

[fanfan]

Newfoundland English

[MNJohnnie]

Well now since we are speaking on language, here is a fine bit of it.

Hymn Before Action
1896
The earth is full of anger,
The seas are dark with wrath,
The Nations in their harness
Go up against our path:
Ere yet we loose the legions --
Ere yet we draw the blade,
Jehovah of the Thunders,
Lord God of Battles, aid!

High lust and froward bearing,
Proud heart, rebellious brow --
Deaf ear and soul uncaring,
We seek Thy mercy now!
The sinner that forswore Thee,
The fool that passed Thee by,
Our times are known before Thee --
Lord, grant us strength to die!

For those who kneel beside us
At altars not Thine own,
Who lack the lights that guide us,
Lord, let their faith atone!
If wrong we did to call them,
By honour bound they came;
Let not Thy Wrath befall them,
But deal to us the blame.

From panic, pride, and terror
Revenge that knows no rein --
Light haste and lawless error,
Protect us yet again,
Cloke Thou our undeserving,
Make firm the shuddering breath,
In silence and unswerving
To taste Thy lesser death.

Ah, Mary pierced with sorrow,
Remember, reach and save
The soul that comes to-morrow
Before the God that gave!
Since each was born of woman,
For each at utter need --
True comrade and true foeman --
Madonna, intercede!

E'en now their vanguard gathers,
E'en now we face the fray --
As Thou didst help our fathers,
Help Thou our host to-day.
Fulfilled of signs and wonders,
In life, in death made clear --
Jehovah of the Thunders,
Lord God of Battles, hear!

[fanfan]

A shower of Gobshites?

Oh NO!

LOL

[fanfan]

That's a nice poem.

:-)

[fanfan]

Hold on, I'll find it.

[fanfan]

Here it is.

:-)

[Das Outsider]

Well now since we are speaking on language, here is a fine bit of it.

It's all English:

Apon the Midsummer evin, mirriest of nichtis,
I muvit furth allane, neir as midnicht wes past,
Besyd ane gudlie grein garth, full of gay flouris,
Hegeit, of ane huge hicht, with hawthorne treis;
Quhairon ane bird, on ane bransche, so birst out hir notis
That never ane blythfullar bird was on the beuche harde

(John Dunbar, The tretis of the twa mariit women and the wedo )

[NicknamedBob]

Here's a better link. The credit goes to Gerald Nolst Trinité.

http://www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/strange/strange.html

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Wow!! Thanks for the link!

[fanfan]

:-)

Does it mean something to you?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

HEHEHE, gobshites!!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I didn't read it all yet, but it's interesting.

[Das Outsider]

Thanks, NnB! Yet more evidence that outsiders are usually the ones to point out the linguistic gymnastics involved in modern English.

[fanfan]

If there was a shower of A**holes, it would be plural.

gobshites!!