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Originally Posted by Susan d.S.
Here is one from the master, Hecht:
Higgeldy-piggeldy
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Softly complained to the
Heavenly host,
"Buckminster Fuller says
Dodecahedronals
Carry stress better than
Lintel and post"
And from Hollander:
Higgeldy-piggeldy
Tristram of Lyonesse
Gave up the ghost to la
Chanson des Anges,
Cheating, at once, of his
Corporeality
Ysolt Mains-blanches; also
Ysolt, Blancmange*
i.e. the other Ysolt
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Hmm. Isn't "Chanson" an iamb in French? Great S2 from Hollander though!
Thanks for these, Susan.
And come to think of it, "Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe" has an accent on "Mies," which apparently was also his original surname. Mies should have a stronger stress than Van. How comforting that the original DD'ers were not above tweaking the pronunciation of "DD" names to suit L2.
Since both Hecht and Hollander were/are Americans, I can't blame it on Brit pronunciation this time around.
But there's always a next time, eh, John, Jayne, Ann, and the rest? LOL. At least it gives us Yanks an out when we lose a Brit comp...