I'm going to weigh in for princess, which I think brings the score to
2-2. Having a 3-year-old in the house myself and seeing a lot of her
friends I know "princess" is hardly a superfluous word for them. And
taking it out leaves an awkward leap in the poem ("fanstatic hair /
with a wispy / golden crown"?).
You're not the only one who teared up over this, Patrick,
--Knut
On Nov 10, 2005, at 01:32, Andrew Burke wrote:
> Yes, Patrick, I would drop Princess - it is so heavily implied as to be
> superfluous when you say it.
>
> Just my tuppence worth -
>
> Andrew
>
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>>>
>>> I rather like Princess relating to crwon ?crown!
>>>
>> En mon avis, she is already, implicitly a princess.
>>
>> Stephen V
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