Re: looking for a limerick

On 13 Feb, 13:32, Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallag...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> sprocket schrieb:> ADPUF wrote:
>
> >> I suppose there are limericks using the sound resemblance in
> >> "for ~ 4" as well.
>
> > There's a clear difference, at least in my regional accent, but that
> > didn't stop a rock group back in the 70s calling themselves the Four
> > Skins. Puns are absolutely fundamental in English.
>
> In most accents "four" and "fore" are pronounced the same, even if "for"
> is pronounced differently - "for" is usually pronounced differently when
> it isn't emphasised, even in those accents that pronounce the three
> words the same way in isolation.
>
> Regards, Einde O'Callaghan


To John Hall
How 'bout
	...The clark said "don't worry,
	You won't need to hurry,
	There's still a minute or two to two-two"

To JS
Can we have a lady 'of' Looe board a train from Crewe or does she then
become a lady 'from' Looe?

To Tony Mountfield
Does the 'toot' in 'tooters' mean a 'drinking binge'?

To Einde O'Callaghan
Remember that cartoon which showed a guy in a punk outfit  playing an
electric guitar looking into a music sheet?  The question was "Does
he  qualify to be a member of a rock band?" The answer, "Nope. He
seems to know how to read music".
And the auditory difference between the 'o' vowel (sort of a 'flat o'
or an 'o' with a front vowel resonance) in 'for' and the  'deep
o' (with a back vowel resonance) in 'four' could only be lost on a
rock band desperately looking for a name for itself, sufficientlyf
 shocking to those of us with finer sensibilities, as this difference
is well entrenched  in standard international English (RP), British
English, American English, Canadian English and Australian English