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05-24-2013, 03:56 PM
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I wouldn't touch that Larkin, Bob, it's perfect as is.
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05-24-2013, 05:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Allgar
Satisfyingly pompous and prolix, Rob, but can you work in a few internal rhymes?
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I could, Brian, but I'm not sure I'm inclined to. The clunkier the better, I reckon. Lucy might reckon quite differently, of course...
Last edited by Rob Stuart; 05-24-2013 at 05:45 PM.
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05-24-2013, 08:27 PM
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Do the rhymes, Rob, and then offer her both versions. I feel there must be something more than clunkiness. But I could be wrong and the divine Lucy is inscrutable.
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05-24-2013, 08:42 PM
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Brian, I have taken your advice. Do you think it improved?
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05-24-2013, 09:50 PM
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John,
Isn't it Yin-Yang, rather then Ying-Yang? Or, am I missing something here in British usage?
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05-25-2013, 01:35 AM
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No you are not. It's pure ignorance. Sorry.
Pin-pong? Wif-Waff?
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05-25-2013, 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by John Whitworth
Brian, I have taken your advice. Do you think it improved?
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Yes. xxxxxxxxxxx
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05-25-2013, 06:43 AM
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I'm finding this comp curiously addictive.
That most aesthetically pleasing of plants with large, woody stems, Prunus avium, currently
Has its branches bedecked with a considerable number of reproductive structures...
by A.E. Domicilemasculineperson
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05-25-2013, 06:49 AM
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Surely those initials are a bit too abbreviated?
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05-25-2013, 07:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nigel Mace
Surely those initials are a bit too abbreviated?
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Any suggestions?
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