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Allen Tice 09-03-2009 08:21 PM

Very creepy wine from the Motley Cru, with notes of old clothes, burnt rubber, hash marks, and psilomotorcycles.

The link malfunctioned twice in two different ways, but I got the drift from my browser input line.

Keep 'em coming.

Orwn Acra 09-03-2009 08:35 PM

It reminds me of this story, by Roy Blunt,

" 'ey"
"EEEEEEEE!"
"I..."
"Oh, you."

Which is all very well and good. But if you wrote it like this:

" 'ey"
"Ee!"
"I..." "O,
Yu!"


each line would be DUOLITERAL!

Allen Tice 09-03-2009 08:47 PM

Can you get it to be hyp-duoliteral? No? Well, we're still looking for Moby Dick then.

I'm not sure Cymrucontinental will work on the BBC.

John Whitworth 09-03-2009 09:02 PM

Law and Order rules even in the country of the yurt. Why? You are way ahead of me. The Yurt-policeman stomps about doing his bit, that's why.

Allen Tice 09-04-2009 10:21 AM

'A kind of Yugoideal Shakespearean vacation spot is found on the seacoast of Bohemia not very far from Trieste.'

-- Lawrence Durrell, Reflections on a Marine Venue (1952 ‰).

Kelli J. Christenson 09-06-2009 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allen Tice (Post 121889)
What would blow the top off is almost any 'reasonable' (hah) word using 'y' as its first vowel and then going up the alphabet in reverse order.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allen Tice (Post 121902)

As prods to get people thinking I offer : "zym-" as in yeastliness (ex. zymurgy),

and "Cym-" as in Welshness.

Cymrupoeia (noun): the act of speaking Welsh-sounding words

Myrmuloidean (adj.): in the style of an ant-like creature

Gypsulfominerals (noun): minerals containing gypsum-like sulfur compounds

Ryu-ko-ni-kenta (noun): a made-up Nihonglish word for this 6-vowel reverse-order endeavor

Banzai!

Kelli


Edited in: Fie! While drifting off to sleep last night I realized, with a great and tragedious sigh, that Cymrupoeia does not, in fact, serve the purpose of this thread, as it contains the vowels E and I in their proper, alphabetical order. In atonement for this blunderous oversight, I offer the following words:

Zymurgopithecans (noun): in a dystopian Planet of the Apes-type future, members of the beer-brewing profession.

Dysfluoridental (noun): a treatment intended to counteract the fluoride rinses given as part of a standard dental prophylaxis and cleaning.


Kowtowingly,
Kelli


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