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| 1067.1 | Hint | MROA::BERICSON | MRO1-1/L87 DTN 297-3200 | Fri Sep 17 1993 12:01 | 3 |
| Hint.. read it out loud to someone else to translate.
Bob
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| 1067.2 | You mean to say .0's not been entered here already?? | DRDAN::KALIKOW | Supplely Chained | Fri Sep 17 1993 12:17 | 11 |
| I coulda SWORN I saw it in here a couple years back. Tell ya what. I
bet it's elsewhere herein and I'll do a search "sorghum stenches" to
verify, and post the results...
I'm betting it was posted years ago -- not that a classic can't bear
repeating. I've loved it since I first saw it in about 1972ish, and
both my kids know it by heart. In fact we often greet one another with
"Evanescent <person-name>!! :-)".
More later...
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| 1067.3 | Results thus far -- two sightings, 1986, basenote 208...:-) | DRDAN::KALIKOW | Supplely Chained | Fri Sep 17 1993 13:07 | 41 |
| I rest my case... My search string was "sorghum stenches" and after
two hits I gave up...
Love it!!!
Dan
===== begin excerpts =====
Note 208.7 to poem or not to poem? 7 of 23
SUPER::MATTHEWS "Don't panic" 67 lines 24-JUN-1986 23:34
-< Ladle Rat Rotten Hut >-
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.6 reminded me that I do know an example in English. I don't know
its source, so I'll type in the whole thing (from a faded ditto
sheet I kept from high school).
Val
LADLE RAT ROTTEN HUT
-- Anonymous
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Note 208.9 to poem or not to poem? 9 of 23
DELNI::CANTOR "Dave Cantor" 66 lines 25-JUN-1986 18:25
-< Not anonymous (is that 'nymous'?) >-
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Re .7
Here's a version I copied without permission from a book by Espy.
It was written by Prof. Howard Chace, who definitely isn't
anonymous.
Dave C.
LADLE RAT ROTTEN HUT
Prof. Howard Chace
...
:-)
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| 1067.4 | o mein papa | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | | Fri Sep 17 1993 13:31 | 9 |
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>> both my kids know it by heart.
So do I, beanie head!
Learned it in '70.
Di
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| 1067.5 | | ILBBAK::LEGER | | Sun Sep 26 1993 17:20 | 15 |
| couple problems.
What are:
evanescent
skirker cockles
heiffer gnats woke
butter
pore oil warming
ratchet amino
and probably most importantly,
yonder nor sorghum stenches sure
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| 1067.6 | one left | NLFDC::LEE | | Mon Sep 27 1993 06:31 | 10 |
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>> evanescent if it isn't
>> skirker cockles ?
>> heiffer gnats woke Heaven, that's a walk
>> butter but he (thought to himself)
>> pore oil warming poor old woman
>> ratchet amino wretched animal
>>
>> yonder nor sorghum stenches sure Under no circumstances
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| 1067.7 | oops | NLFDC::LEE | | Mon Sep 27 1993 06:34 | 6 |
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Sorry, of course that last should have been :
>> yonder nor sorghum stenches sure Under no circumstances should
^^^^^^
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| 1067.8 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | | Mon Sep 27 1993 07:27 | 12 |
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>> skirker cockles ?
It's "shirker cockles", and it translates to "sugar cookies".
>> heiffer gnats woke Heaven, that's a walk
"have a nice walk"
Di
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| 1067.9 | | NRSTA2::KALIKOW | Supplely Chained | Mon Sep 27 1993 10:06 | 5 |
| My version had "heifer blessing woke" which I prefer to this degenerate
edition. I translated it as "have a pleasant walk".
:-)
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| 1067.11 | les differences | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | | Mon Sep 27 1993 10:21 | 20 |
|
Actually, there are quite a few differences. Beaucoup, even.
For instance,
"Whirrs are putty ladls gull goring wetter ladle basking?"
in my version is
"Wares zoo putty lade gull goring wizard ladle basking?"
and
"den disk ratchet amino"
is
"dinner corn turntable woof"
I'd be interested in seeing the original.
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| 1067.12 | | SMURF::BINDER | Sapientia Nulla Sine Pecunia | Mon Sep 27 1993 10:54 | 15 |
| I have the original at home somewhere. These linguistic gems appeared
first on the Post Scripts page (where Ted Key's Hazel cartoons also
appeared) in The Saturday Evening Post 35 years and more ago, and I
loved them - and still do.
The same author created the delightful Heinrich Schnibble's Wordenbooke
definitions. Offhand, I can remember only the one about felines:
cat: spittenscratcher
tomcat: spittenscratchenyowlenprowler
neighbor: spittenscratchenyowlenprowlerhater
nearest neighbor: spittenscratchenyowlenprowlerhatenbootengeflingen-
oathencurser
I'll try to find the original; if I do, I'll scan it in.
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| 1067.13 | Deutscher Doubletalk | SMURF::BINDER | Sapientia Nulla Sine Pecunia | Mon Sep 27 1993 18:25 | 34 |
| Alas, enthusiasm outstripped accuracy in my memory. Ladle Rat Rotten
Hut wasn't coined by Dave Morrah of Schnibble's Deutscher Wordenbooke
fame. Which means that I don't have the original at home.
I do have a collection of the Morrah items, however, from which my
scanner and I offer this:
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Der Wizard ln Ozzenland
Ein fraulein genamen Dorothy ben catchen ein passen whirlenwind und
landen in Ozzenland mit der noggen geswimmen.
Ein Winkler ist outpointen der yellowisch brickenroad leaden to das
Wunderbar Wizard rulen ober der land. Dorothy ben proceeden mit singen
und skippen und finden der Ozzenfolkers oberloaden mit troublen.
Ach! Arriven in der nickentimen, der fraulein ben oilen mit saven ein
Tinnisch Woodenchopper. Dorothy und das Chopper ben proceeden on der
road to das Wizard mit singen und skippen und finden ein Scarencrow
upstucken on ein stickenpole.
Der fraulein ben downtooken der Scarencrow und upfluffen der saggisch
strawstuffen. Dorothy und das Chopper und der Scarencraw ben proceeden
on der road to das Wizard mit singen und skippen und finden ein
Cowardisch Lion. Himmel! Das Lion ben starven undd Dorothy ist proven
ein blessen.
Das Chopper und der Scarencrow und das upfullen Lion ben proceeden mit
singen und skippen.
Der Lesson: Finden ein Wizard nicht ben simplisch.
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| 1067.14 | | ATYISB::HILL | Come on lemmings, let's go! | Tue Sep 28 1993 05:09 | 7 |
| Re .13
I thought German script capitalised the nouns?
Or was this a scanning problem?
Nick
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| 1067.15 | | SMURF::BINDER | Sapientia Nulla Sine Pecunia | Tue Sep 28 1993 07:28 | 7 |
| Re .14
Although the Text was in a cheap Paperback and caused my Scanner to say
"huh?", it is capitalised in .13 as it was in the Book. It's Deutscher
Doubletalk, not German, and its Purpose is strictly humorous.
Americans would probably have Trouble and stumble over all that
Capitalisation anyway.
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| 1067.16 | cute though, Dick | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | | Tue Sep 28 1993 07:34 | 6 |
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Re: .13
I suggest we dismiss this version as an obvious fraud, since
we all know she met up with the scarecrow first.
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| 1067.17 | | SMURF::BINDER | Sapientia Nulla Sine Pecunia | Tue Sep 28 1993 08:49 | 1 |
| I plead truth in scanning. No altered images here!
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