Prescriptivist foreplay

[firecat]

So there we were, lying in bed, discussing the plural of "octopus," as one does.
"I like 'oc-to-podes'."
"You pronounced that wrong. It's 'oc-to-po-des'."
"No it isn't. It's English, not Latin."
[side-eye] "I'm not taking THAT stinky bait."

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A grook

[thnidu]

This reminds me of one of Piet Hein's short poems, of the type he called a grook (Danish gruk, said to be a portmanteau of grin 'smile' and suk 'sigh'). I have many of the small English paperbacks. This is downloaded from http://www.geocities.ws/entercarp/poetry/grooks/grooks.htm .


GETTING DOWN TO FUNDAMENTALS

It will steadily shrink,
our earthly abode,
until antipode stands
upon antipode.

Then, soles together,
the planet gone,
we'll know the ground
that we rest upon.

Re: A grook

[firecat]

Love it!