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Hi John
I like your Limerick, but I'm a little confused here! I think I'm losing the PLOT. Should we be using el TRAMO , or el/la TRAMA here? I think that tramo can mean a PLOT of land, but I believe that the PLOT of a story is TRAMA. My dictionary says its feminine,which would spoil the rhyme. Howevever other nouns ending in ma such as Thema, scema, idioma are masculine, in which case the rhyme would still work. I realise that words can get chaged in gender and ending in different Spanish-speaking countries. Is this a case in point? |
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My second best favourite Limerick is:
There was a young man from Kew Whose limericks ended at line two. |
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¡Muy bien!
JPablo: Yes, your suggestion is much better Spanish, but then the scansion is wrong. Brute: Yes, you're quite right. Perhaps substituting "cuento" for "tramo" would be an improvement. John Last edited by AngelicaDeAlquezar; August 17, 2010 at 04:36 PM. Reason: Merged back-to-back posts |
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Ah, you're right.
What about... Sa-có a- "Don- Ga-bo"- de- la -os-cu-ri-dad Sa-có a -"Don- Ga-briel"- de- la- os-cu-ri-dad [In Spanish poetry, "có a" could work as one unit, (sinalefa = synaloepha).] Although your original will also work the same. Sa-có a- Ga-bo Már-quez- de- os-cu-ri-dad. Y agree with 'cuento' too... Ideal would be 'trama' but then it is not "Maconda" Interesting... (Does this have anything to do with the Japanese Haikus? @Perikles... I must have something misunderstood... (I know that Kew is a place in London... but... ) Oh, I got it!
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Most Limericks I know are too obscene even for an adult forum, but here is one I have posted before:
curate: church official of some kind pew: uncomfortable seats in a church There was a young curate of Kew Who kept his pet cat in a pew He taught it to speak The alphabet Greek But it never got further than μ |
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Miaow, miaow!
That reminded me this Rossini piece... (The lyrics follow the same thread!)
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Quote:
There was one that I can't remember if it is good or bad to post but it started with....... There was an old man from Calcutta......
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Who met a young girl with a stutter.....
(perhaps we should stop there) |
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Well... I see there are 10,000 + hits on Google when I search "There was an old man from Calcutta"
Yet, I must still be an innocent boy... as of the many versions I've seen in full... and I don't quite get the jiumor? But I take it must go on the same direction of the old Spanish song, Los hermanos Pinzones, eran unos mari... neros que embacarcon con Colón, que era otro mari... nero. A los indios motilones, les cortaron... la retirada... And so on and so forth...
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