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, postal places, USA: Champaign, IL

Authors' Note: 

Chicagoan: resident of Chicago, IL

urbane: sophisticated, elegant, worldly

No banana!: slang for 'not prize-winning'

No pain, no gain: slang phrase indicating hard work as a requirement for advancement.

IL is the official abbreviation for the American state of Illinois, in which two neighboring towns, Champaign, population 88,000 and Urbana, population 38,000, make up the metropolitan area of Champaign-Urbana, located 135 miles (215 km) south of the megalopolis of Chicago. The names of both towns, dating from the nineteenth century, relate to earlier settlements in the nearby state of Ohio.

Champaign-Urbana, IL is home to the flagship campus of the University of Illinois, and offers an appropriate spectrum of cultural opportunities. Surrounded by an extensive, flat, mid-west farming district, it is on occasion, as here, disparaged by residents of Chicago for its lack of "urbanity".

 At one swell foop, you can review all our postal poems about intriguing places in the USA and Canada, by proceeding to the encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !

MAY 8, trees: silver maples

a) reprise from 2020

MAY 8, trees: silver maple

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

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.

May 3

April 26

April 18

April 16

April 10

April 6

April 4

March 31

And, check out the project-planning stage, elucidated in photos and verse, on March 19, and March 27.

The current status: 

front hall
(door to closet on R being closed up)

 

hall extension
(proceeding toward LR/DR)

kitchen(1) and breakfast nook

kitchen (2)
(raised ceiling re-plastered, floor tiled)

DR
(walls restored)

"new" laundry/utility room
(tiled, walls under construction)

coat closet
(expanded, 'moved') 

new office
(walls under construction)

master bath
(shower and floor now tiled)

guest bath
(walls being restored)

MAY 6, higher connection: position as part-time monarch

 

MAY 5, (excursions): meanwhile, back in the great outdoors ...

a mud-laden painted turtle

 

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 review verses on this topic in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Check the post "Homophonous Verse" by clicking HERE. 

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.

April 26

April 18

April 16

April 10

April 6

April 4

etc.

hall towards LR

LR (stack of wallboard)

kitchen

den entrance

new office space

studio (stack of flooring)

(photos from Apr28 - May1)

MAY 2, waterfowl: seabird feeders

 

MAY 1, 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

APR 30, American satire (prolongation): criminal lying

 

We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 40 more on this topic in 6 collections on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE to start! 

APR 29, exemplification: hillbilly

Authors' Note: It sure warn't easy to pack the whole bunch of neighbors and pals into a single verse. Sad to say, I had to leave out the following:  bumpkins, crackers, chawbacons, clodhoppers, good ol' boys, hayseeds,  and yokels. I'll include 'em next time! 

APR 28, defining opinion: cruddy

 Authors' Note: Trudy's definition seems to be skewed towards the achievement of cruddiness, downplaying inherent or intrinsic cruddiness. We await further reports.

Our blogpost "Defining Opinion" on the topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" shows a selection of similar verses submitted to OEDILF (the online Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.

APR 27, palinku (poetic novelty): London and Paris (Ontario)

palinku

palinku

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(Ed. note:) Verses of this ilk have continued to proliferate, and there are now more than 50. You can view them all at one swoop if you proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

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APR 26, "pictures at a renovation": the second 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.

April 18: reconstruction

April 16: demolition phase winds down (mostly)

April 10: demolition phase

April 6:   demolition phase

April 4:   demolition phase

March 31: demolition phase

And, check out the project-planning stage, elucidated in photos and verse, on March 19, and March 27.

front hall

kitchen

LR

 

DR

den

master BR

master bath
(shower construction underway)