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damellon wrote:

lizzytysh wrote:to make a sonnet
nature need only appear
wordless poetry

Wordless poetry
silent songs, motionless dance
are oxymorons

are oxy morons
stupid draft cattle I read
wikipedia?

mickey_one wrote:

damellon wrote:

lizzytysh wrote:to make a sonnet
nature need only appear
wordless poetry

Wordless poetry
silent songs, motionless dance
are oxymorons

No, no Dame Llon, you were meant to have followed my last line (or at least acknowledged the "subtle" joke)

I thought I did.........didn't you hear the applause?

No, no Dame Llon, you were meant to have followed my last line (or at least acknowledged the "subtle" joke)

I thought I did.........didn't you hear the applause?


ok I let you off with a warning this time. btw I love silence, particularly the really quiet kind

Now what? calculated risk or Wikipedia? We need a moderator.

raggletagglegypsy wrote:

damellon wrote:
Wordless poetry
silent songs, motionless dance
are oxymorons

Are oxymorons
comparatively unique
calculated risks

whoops, looks like we were working at the same time, but on a technicality I think "unique" has 3 syllables, therefore you are disqualified and must pay a large fine.

damellon wrote:Now what? calculated risk or Wikipedia? We need a moderator.

we have none of those here, just extremists. but if I am right about the received pronunciation of "unique" then this important Constitutional Issue is resolved.

I beg to differ - unique = you neek = 2 syllables, at least where I come from. Fine?

mickey_one wrote:

damellon wrote:Now what? calculated risk or Wikipedia? We need a moderator.

we have none of those here, just extremists. but if I am right about the received pronunciation of "unique" then this important Constitutional Issue is resolved.

You keep doing this.......judge and jury rolled into one! Don't think Constitutional is your forte, M_1. I'm with Gypsy on this one.

raggletagglegypsy wrote:I beg to differ - unique = you neek = 2 syllables, at least where I come from. Fine?

In Aristocratic Circles we pronounce it with a raffish upward lilt at the end. I was unsure how ordinary people mangled it, but your elucidation is most welcome and provides me with an intriguing glimpse of the world of the common person. I will now need to sit down for a while and recover.

and I have a fondness for calculated risks!

damellon wrote:

mickey_one wrote:

damellon wrote:Now what? calculated risk or Wikipedia? We need a moderator.

we have none of those here, just extremists. but if I am right about the received pronunciation of "unique" then this important Constitutional Issue is resolved.

You keep doing this.......judge and jury rolled into one! Don't think Constitutional is your forte, M_1. I'm with Gypsy on this one.

For the sake of that well-known hairspray I shall concede.

mickey_one wrote:

raggletagglegypsy wrote:I beg to differ - unique = you neek = 2 syllables, at least where I come from. Fine?

In Aristocratic Circles we pronounce it with a raffish upward lilt at the end. I was unsure how ordinary people mangled it, but your elucidation is most welcome and provides me with an intriguing glimpse of the world of the common person. I will now need to sit down for a while and recover.

Have you sufficiently recovered? I thought your aristocratic earnings depended on a familiarity with the common person. Masterclasses available, for a fee, of course.

I have resolved the ongoing pronunciation controversy scenario issue problem of "unique". It is neither 2 syllables, as contended by Sir Raggletagglegypsy, nor 3 as contended by Lord Michael.

My dictionary says " Unique- only one".

So we were both wrong and must both be banished immediately from further entering this competition.

raggletagglegypsy wrote:

mickey_one wrote:

raggletagglegypsy wrote:I beg to differ - unique = you neek = 2 syllables, at least where I come from. Fine?

In Aristocratic Circles we pronounce it with a raffish upward lilt at the end. I was unsure how ordinary people mangled it, but your elucidation is most welcome and provides me with an intriguing glimpse of the world of the common person. I will now need to sit down for a while and recover.

Have you sufficiently recovered? I thought your aristocratic earnings depended on a familiarity with the common person. Masterclasses available, for a fee, of course.

I most certainly have not yet recovered. It may take some time.

I demand a recount and not by Lizzy.
Why are you Lord and I'm only Sir. Not oneupmanship I hope?