tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post1980989802179031755..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : Ten made-up words to be used in a piece of writingGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-28982357128018047512010-08-23T18:59:03.332+02:002010-08-23T18:59:03.332+02:00Thanks rwp.
It's really amazing though, only ...Thanks rwp. <br />It's really amazing though, only a few minutes ago somebody doing a crossword puzzle asked me for the name of an Irish poet with 4 letters beginning with S and ending with W. Coincidence, or what?<br />Much obliged to you.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-53700396013105465212010-08-23T18:43:07.478+02:002010-08-23T18:43:07.478+02:00P-i-r, you're thinking of George Bernard Shaw&...P-i-r, you're thinking of George Bernard Shaw's example of how English spelling could be simplified:<br /><br />ghoti = fish<br /><br />Just pronounce the <i>gh</i> as in enough, the <i>o</i> as in women, and the <i>ti</i> as in nation.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-60522527568612714322010-08-23T09:32:42.961+02:002010-08-23T09:32:42.961+02:00Hi Carolina, maybe this tells us that Blogger'...Hi Carolina, maybe this tells us that Blogger's ABC spell-checker is now defunct :) sore what is spelling anyway - there's a strang way of spelling 'fish' which begins with ph... but I just can't rewind it at the monument. We shem toby al mo sin Finnegans Wake territorium ear and dare as high seas hit.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-72906010625400987612010-08-23T09:26:45.343+02:002010-08-23T09:26:45.343+02:00jinksy, thanks for the Fridge Soup link. It's ...jinksy, thanks for the Fridge Soup link. It's as tasty as mulligatawnyGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-37088462712567938182010-08-23T09:24:42.195+02:002010-08-23T09:24:42.195+02:00Hello Rinkly, thanks for the visit from Down Under...Hello Rinkly, thanks for the visit from Down Under, I liked your 10-word nonsense poem, so now it's full steam to your didgieridoo... <br />the best of bardic and all that nonsense, gwilymGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-30569117456716882272010-08-23T09:20:03.715+02:002010-08-23T09:20:03.715+02:00Hahaha, you are all very clever.
"So, here n...Hahaha, you are all very clever. <br />"So, here now is the point: What does an exercise like this tell us about words?" asked the Poet in Residence. I tell you what it told me. Spelling is difficult. I have never seen so many versions of the word <b>kaderoons, kashderoons, kasderoons</b> ;-)Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288856854422999687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-19433352470967696652010-08-23T08:49:25.093+02:002010-08-23T08:49:25.093+02:00GW, what have you done? The seeds of the nomblywor...GW, what have you done? The seeds of the <b>nomblywort</b> plant are taking root all over Blogland! Did you realise, when you cultivated it, that this might be the result? Why, I even found a seedling in my <a href="http://friko-fridgesoup.blogspot.com/2010/08/wake-up-people.html" rel="nofollow">soup!</a>Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-89507154298692861312010-08-23T07:57:42.418+02:002010-08-23T07:57:42.418+02:00http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2010/08/nonsense-t...http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2010/08/nonsense-times-ten.html<br /><br />What is there to do with life other than make a nonsense of it?<br /><br />Your Word Verification is PROFFA so I'm proffaring this!Rinkly Rimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890344869337115307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-22310465404604955232010-08-22T22:41:59.371+02:002010-08-22T22:41:59.371+02:00brow, a thousand michklins...brow, a thousand <b>michklins</b>...rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-15000360807659712722010-08-22T22:40:53.092+02:002010-08-22T22:40:53.092+02:00I have made a glifferous bedanquist Grimble's...I have made a <b>glifferous bedanquist</b> Grimble's flenny, Marla, obviously wiped <i>his</i> brown, not her own.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-46972950663307832712010-08-22T21:58:13.299+02:002010-08-22T21:58:13.299+02:00Wonderful wonderful stuff! It makes me smile. It m...Wonderful wonderful stuff! It makes me smile. It makes me happy. I thank you all.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-30903657997240415572010-08-22T21:21:05.489+02:002010-08-22T21:21:05.489+02:00This actually happened during a recent performance...This actually happened during a recent performance of "The Tempest" - a famous play by some geezer called Spokeshave . . . well, something like that.<br /><br />When Prospero couldnae hear ra prompt right. Right?<br /><br />“Our piouz now are ended. These our actors <br />As I foretold you, were all spirits and <br />“Speak up, man!” into air, into thin air: <br />And, like the nedglim noyder of this plinkton, <br />The cloud-capp'd plosklash, the gorgeous kaderoons, <br />The flenny temples, the great globe itself, <br />“When this is over, prompt, I’ll whack you one!”<br />And, like this insubstantial loopig faded, <br />Leave not a yetamalt. We are such stuff <br />As masnerat is, and that feckin’ prompt<br />Is clearly half asleep”Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-69275806553816509082010-08-22T21:09:23.616+02:002010-08-22T21:09:23.616+02:00Correction:
"It will soon be...until pious...Correction: <br /><br />"It will soon be...until <b>pious</b>."rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-86087415391652729832010-08-22T21:07:54.191+02:002010-08-22T21:07:54.191+02:00Blame jinksy that I'm here.
Okay, I'll tr...Blame jinksy that I'm here.<br /><br />Okay, I'll try one:<br /><br />The silver <b>plinkton</b> glistened in the <b>noyder</b> as Terence Grimble added a few <b>kashderoons</b> to his <b>plosklash</b>. <br /><br />“Damn,” said Grimble. “I forgot to bring my <b>masnerat</b>.”<br /><br />“Don’t fret,” said his Marla, his <b>flenny</b>. She wiped her brow as the <b>yetamalt</b> reddened in the growing twilight. It will soon be <b>loopig</b> and you will forget all about your <b>masnerat</b> after we <b>nedglim</b> until <b>pious</b>rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-48852819922759206302010-08-22T20:55:34.979+02:002010-08-22T20:55:34.979+02:00Firmly was just a figure of speech.Firmly was just a figure of speech.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-35109295487789294492010-08-22T20:53:19.576+02:002010-08-22T20:53:19.576+02:00May you always shake the last drop of plinkton fro...May you always shake the last drop of <b>plinkton</b> from your <b>noyder</b> and keep it firmly tucked away in your <b>kasderoons</b>.<br /><br />Words that could change the world.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-75403736275284738062010-08-22T15:45:51.286+02:002010-08-22T15:45:51.286+02:00It tells us that we don't have to stick to onl...It tells us that we don't have to stick to only the tried and tested ones, provided the 'oddballs' are incorporated in an already accepted language format. <br />I think you may have missed <br /><a href="http://havantaclue.blogspot.com/2010/08/verifiable-nonsense.html" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> earlier post of mine... Enjoy!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-86367895845743183552010-08-22T12:21:55.398+02:002010-08-22T12:21:55.398+02:00jinksy,
People bow to Lewis Carrol but this is t...jinksy, <br /><br />People bow to Lewis Carrol but this is top-drawer stuff. The 250 words was just my arbitary upper-limit. You've nutshelled thing. That's the genius! I love it. <br /><br />So, here now is the point: What does an exercise like this tell us about words?Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-22195149984155641072010-08-22T12:02:19.249+02:002010-08-22T12:02:19.249+02:00This is a mini version,too small to post!
In the ...This is a mini version,too small to post!<br /><br />In the far off town of <b>Plinkton</b>, deep in the <b>noyder Kaderoons</b>, a <b>flenny masnerat</b> sat in the bushes, feeling slightly <b>loopig</b>. In the <b>nedglim</b> light of his lantern, he watched <b>plosklash</b> creatures of the night zoom around above his head. He was wishing he was still at home with a flagon of <b>yetamalt</b> in front of him, and his <b>piouz</b> woman snuggled up at his side.Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.com