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Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:11 am
by Neville Briggs
The prolongated application of a polysyllabic vocabulary infallibly exercises a deleterious influence on the fecundity of expression, rendering the ultimate tendency apocryphal.
Wha !
translation; if you use a lot of big words they won't know what you are talking about.
Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:14 am
by Bob Pacey
Holy shit neville I was confused enough with Glenny putting WOT !
Work Calls Bob
Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:14 am
by william williams
struth mate if id'a said half of them words Id'a run outa breathe
bill the battler
Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:57 am
by Glenny Palmer
I know a 4 letter word that would sit well here.....
....c h i l l. (aw no. It's 5.....Neviiille?)
Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:02 am
by manfredvijars
Mate, your prognostications are overly copius for a bloke of my diminutive intellect ...
Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:29 am
by Dave Smith
Manfred and all, Is inversion wrong and bad? Serious question.
TTFN
Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:15 am
by Maureen K Clifford
Why Dave? Are the big words getting to you Mate? Are you thinking of sticking your head between you knees and kissing your inversion goodbye??
Oh sorry you were being serious......uuum.....I don't know.
Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:23 pm
by manfredvijars
Dave Smith wrote:Manfred and all, Is inversion wrong and bad? Serious question.
TTFN
... at all costs, inversions are best avoided.
Because what you are saying, they can confuse ...
Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:29 pm
by Kym
... but that's how Yoda talks and very wise he is ...
Re: Reading poetry
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:34 pm
by Dave Smith
Tanks muchly Manfred.
Maureen yes I deserved that.
Yoda my buddy is (and like Micky Mouse he's true)
TTFN