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Words and Music
Contributed by
softerware
on
Saturday, 18th June 2016 @ 12:34:00 AM in AEST
Topic:
Nostalgic
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The fate of our language depends on our speaking; Come, lets explore before texting and tweeting! How words have evolved as the years went around; Before our computers silenced the sound!
The term double header for two in a row; Comes not from baseball, but railroads you know! Before trains had turnarounds built in the tracks; And ran with an engine in front and in back!
If you own a BLUE CHIP stock, here is the joker: Theyre named after hi roller chips used in Poker!
Farmhouse mud floors were once covered with thresh; (The unwanted wheat stalks that held in the mess). The wood bar that kept mud from sliding through doors; We still call a Threshold tho thresh is no more!
POSH came to mean a sheer luxury! It comes from the liners that traveled the sea; Before we had locks every ship had to cope; With sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.
The very best staterooms always faced land; So for an extra couple of grand; You had the best view that any ship owned; It faced Portside Outbound, and Starboard Home!
Golf gave us terms like Teed Off when were mad; And Not up to Par when were sick or were sad; A mens-only game says the name it was given: Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden!
Thousands of words we used to all say; Are shortening, changing, or fading away; Like billow for wave, or bussing for kissing; Quick for the living, or harken for listening!
But that is a story for some other time; For love of lifes sounds, I leave you this rhyme:
Language needs usage to rise to the fore; Our voices and laughter, its musical score! Speak and make sound, so new words will grow; A symphonys never been texted, you know!
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softerware
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2016-06-18 00:34:00] (Date/Time posted on
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Re: Words and Music
(User Rating: 1 ) by Former_Member on
Saturday, 18th June 2016 @ 10:51:45 PM AEST (User
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billowy surges of waves in the sea or cloud formations
sanguine, buoyant implausibly hopeful
insofar as, the eye cannot see
the words built on the music the mistake
possibly just dreams of beings the old the new
the mantra sings song in shadow
the airbus the star shipwrecked melody
of wires, tiny tubes really, we used to call the world wide web
and before that the library
SW - I love words and history / and music too.
I really do appreciate the flow in all your words
Peace! |
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Re: Words and Music
(User Rating: 1 ) by Invierno on
Sunday, 19th June 2016 @ 07:43:17 AM AEST (User
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Without fail, you educate and do so to perfection. I learned a number of (for me, as I really dig etymology) this was most fascinating. As always, thanks for the write. I am always grateful to know you and to read your astoundingly great poems!
I See You,
Mike |
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Re: Words and Music
(User Rating: 1 ) by unknown_utopia on
Tuesday, 12th July 2016 @ 02:18:03 PM AEST (User
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outstanding and excellent
love knowledge and you just hit with some in your flow,
thanx for sharing. |
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