Brilliant work Dave! I love the notion that FC speaks from the future.
Merry Xmas to you too!
Penelope Gardner-Chloros
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> 1. Twas the Night before Christmas (linguists' version)
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> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:44:28 +0000
> From: Dave Sayers <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Twas the Night before Christmas (linguists' version)
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> Tis the season folks, for my annual spamming of this little verse I wrote a couple of
> years ago. Enjoy :)
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> Twas the night before Christmas in the ivory tower,
> Not a creature was stirring at the midnight hour,
> Twas a problem for linguists who live to hear sounds,
> Consonants, vowels (open or round).
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> We linguists were nestled all snug in our beds,
> While visions of fricatives danced in our heads.
> Snug in our gowns and our four-cornered caps,
> We pondered enigmas like bilabial taps.
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> When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter.
> I sprang from the bed hoping for research matter.
> Away to the window I flew like a flash,
> Hoping my equipment would record and not crash...
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> (Full poem here: https://www.academia.edu/9856733/)
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> Happy holidays!
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> Dave
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