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May 10, 2023
MAY 10, Canadiana : Canadian "raising" (linguistics)
Authors' Note: This is a mostly true story.
The Canadian internist in question had moved south to undertake a fellowship at an American medical school.. As an introduction to potential staff mentors, he was asked to prepare a lecture on aspects of gout.
The transcriptionist, a southern woman, was victimized by her unfamiliarity with "Canadian raising", a speech variation altering and shortening the sounds of vowels in words like house, rice and out; this pattern affects the speech of many speakers in the northern US, as well as in Canada.
You can review poems, pictures and diverse nonsense related to Canada on the post "Canadiana" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".
May 9, 2023
MAY 9, poems about parasites: bedbugs
Authors' Note: Details of the allegory: The protagonist needed some vacation following a busy time of downsizing and changing residences. A few days prior to taking off on Snowbird flight 203, it became obvious that a domestic infestation of bedbugs, presumably acquired during the household move, had pre-empted his search for a subtropical respite.
Watson, the bedbug sniffer-dog (and his contollers) to the rescue!
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Watson, the bedbug sniffer-dog |
You can review Giorgio's other verses about parasites, both external (ecto-) and internal (endo-) on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
May 8, 2023
MAY 8r, trees: silver maples
a) reprise from 2020
MAY 8, trees: silver maple
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silver maple in Toronto park; large broken-off limb |
You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Uprooted Verse: 'Poems about Trees' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".
b) Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials (rhyming)
Quite a few rhyming binomials have been hightlighted in other short verses by the authors:
Matching the selection on the above slide, these include "fair and square".
You can easily find all of these on our topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE, and following the links.
May 7, 2023
MAY 7, "pictures at a renovation": fourth week
PREVIOUS VIEWS:
You can follow the whole arduous undertaking by scrolling back through our earlier posts (you can also click these dates for direct transport back to see the previous "pictures at a renovation"). The earlier posts show the demolition phase, and that may be of particular interest for many viewers.
And, check out the project-planning stage, elucidated in photos and verse, on March 19, and March 27.
The current status:
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| front hall (door to closet on R being closed up) |
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| hall extension (proceeding toward LR/DR) |
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| kitchen(1) and breakfast nook |
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| kitchen (2) (raised ceiling re-plastered, floor tiled) |
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| DR (walls restored) |
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| "new" laundry/utility room (tiled, walls under construction) |
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| coat closet (expanded, 'moved') |
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| new office (walls under construction) |
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| master bath (shower and floor now tiled) |
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| guest bath (walls being restored) |
May 5, 2023
May 4, 2023
MAY 4, homophonous verse: (hippo's) hip replacement
Author's Note: Hip replacement has become a surgical procedure that is frequently performed in humans, and is making inroads into veterinary practice in dogs and cats. Its role in jungle creatures and zoo inhabitants remains to be developed, parenthetically.
You can view our whole collection on this topic -- verses intentionally crafted with contentious repetition of the rhyming syllables -- in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Check the post "Homophonous Verse" by clicking HERE.
May 3, 2023
MAY 3, "pictures at a renovation": third week
PREVIOUS VIEWS:
You can follow the whole arduous undertaking by scrolling back through our earlier posts: (you can also click these dates for direct transport back to see the previous "pictures at a renovation"). The earlier posts show the demolition phase, and that may be of particular interest for many viewers.
etc.
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| hall towards LR |
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| LR (stack of wallboard) |
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| kitchen |
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| den entrance |
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| new office space |
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| studio (stack of flooring) |
(photos from Apr28 - May1)
May 2, 2023
May 1, 2023
MAY 1r, pandemic reminiscence / HB to me
a) reprise from 2020
MAY 1, pandemic poetry: HB to me (birthday confinement)
Authors' Note: Three more years since the writing of this poem, with equivalent gain in seniority, possibly some change in 'refinement'.
b) Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials (rhyming)
Quite a few rhyming binomials have been hightlighted in other short verses by the authors:
Matching the selection on the above slide, these include "ants in pants", "bug in a rug", and "Cat in the Hat".
You can easily find all of these on our topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE, and following the links.
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