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PrinceMyshkin
06-02-2008, 07:37 AM
Hillary, Barack and John!
Three good men - er people, I swan.
Each of whom would well protect the gates
of the Fifty plus Puerto-Rico States,
most of which folk have a sweet enough scent!
But for the other 0.000 percent
It’s Poetry! Poetry for President!
Sweets America
06-02-2008, 07:40 AM
Hillary, Barack and John!
Three good men - er people, I swan.
Each of whom would well protect the gates
of the Fifty plus Puerto-Rico States,
most of which folk have a sweet enough scent!
But for the other 0.000 percent
It’s Poetry! Poetry for President!


:D You make me laugh.

PS: This thread is going to be closed. :D
PrinceMyshkin
06-02-2008, 07:59 AM
:D You make me laugh.

PS: This thread is going to be closed. :D

Yes, of course it will be if you persist in posting such thinly disguised erotic responses!
motherhubbard
06-02-2008, 08:15 AM
I too had a chuckle- not a bad way to wake up


:D You make me laugh.

PS: This thread is going to be closed. :D


She’s absolutely right!
Sweets America
06-02-2008, 08:48 AM
Yes, of course it will be if you persist in posting such thinly disguised erotic responses!

Uh oh. :D


She’s absolutely right!

Ah! ;)
AuntShecky
06-02-2008, 09:51 AM
Cute rhymes, but -- "swan"?
How do you spell Puerto Rico? (no hyphen?)
Also, this trope comes out of left field and doesn't seem to have a connection with the rest of the poem:

most of which folk have a sweet enough scent!

Unless you mean they don't stink as much as dirty politics.
PrinceMyshkin
06-02-2008, 12:34 PM
Cute rhymes, but -- "swan"?

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/21/messages/436.html


How do you spell Puerto Rico? (no hyphen?)

Variously! Remember Emerson and "the hobgoblin of little minds"?
Sweets America
06-02-2008, 12:51 PM
Cute rhymes, but -- "swan"?

Swan actually rhymes with John in British English, it is the rule of 'swan' in phonetics, you have a special pronunciation of the <a> which becomes an [o] like in dog because of the sound [w] which is before and the consonant which follows and which is not a velar. In American English however, it does not rhyme as the <a> stays an [a].
CdnReader
06-02-2008, 01:27 PM
Swan actually rhymes with John in British English, it is the rule of 'swan' in phonetics, you have a special pronunciation of the <a> which becomes an [o] like in dog because of the sound [w] which is before and the consonant which follows and which is not a velar. In American English however, it does not rhyme as the <a> stays an [a].

Perhaps an American will confirm for us, but I'm quite sure, Sweets, that "swan" is pronounced the same on both sides of the Atlantic. It certainly is in Canada. ;)
Sweets America
06-02-2008, 01:38 PM
Perhaps an American will confirm for us, but I'm quite sure, Sweets, that "swan" is pronounced the same on both sides of the Atlantic. It certainly is in Canada. ;)

Donna, what I am saying here comes from my classes, I study English and I have learnt the complete booklet of pronunciations and exceptions, and this 'swan' rule is an exception to the usual pronunciation rule. There are a lot of rules like that. The pronunciations are different in England and America.
Now of course there must be variations according to the different parts of the countries since languages are not stable, but that's what I learned.

EDIT:

Here is the rule:

Rule of swan:

The <a> is pronunced like a [o] of dog when a phonetic [w] is before and a consonant after, apart from when this consonant is a velar, or a <r> (because with the <r> the <a> becomes an <o> of door instead of an <a> of car). This rule applies to swan, but also to what, want, quality.... in standard British English. The exceptions are swam and wham. That's it.
AuntShecky
06-02-2008, 02:03 PM
Ah! So "swan" is a verb and not a species of bird.
That explains it.

Sincerely,
your little hobgoblin
CdnReader
06-02-2008, 02:37 PM
Rule of swan:

The <a> is pronunced like a [o] of dog when a phonetic [w] is before and a consonant after, apart from when this consonant is a velar, or a <r> (because with the <r> the <a> becomes an <o> of door instead of an <a> of car). This rule applies to swan, but also to what, want, quality.... in standard British English. The exceptions are swam and wham. That's it.

:eek: Wow! I'll take your word for it! :D