Comments on: Double Dactyls http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:17:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Liam http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-33520 Liam Thu, 25 May 2006 04:17:23 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-33520 <a href="http://stoush.net/arleeshar/303/patriotism-and-poesy#comment-3056" rel="nofollow">Here's another addition</a> to the list. Here’s another addition to the list.

]]> By: Robert http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31510 Robert Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:25:35 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31510 <a href="http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/04/19/the-fib/" rel="nofollow">Trackback...</a> Trackback…

]]> By: judy armstrong http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31313 judy armstrong Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:26:35 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31313 For my last two book launches I have composed a dd, but they are not totally comprehensible to people with no knowledge of the book: eg last Sunday (April 9), for The Maestro's Table (Text), I read out: Itally, ditally/ Organist Sergio/Told all his friends to/Come visit Dosson. He gave them prosecco from/Valdobbiadene/Then wondered they just/Wouldn't move on. (Sergio=Sergio de Pieri; Dosson=his village in the Veneto; Valdobbiadene makes almost the best prosecco in Italy.) For my last two book launches I have composed a dd, but they are not totally comprehensible to people with no knowledge of the book: eg last Sunday (April 9), for The Maestro’s Table (Text), I read out:
Itally, ditally/ Organist Sergio/Told all his friends to/Come visit Dosson.
He gave them prosecco from/Valdobbiadene/Then wondered they just/Wouldn’t move on. (Sergio=Sergio de Pieri; Dosson=his village in the Veneto; Valdobbiadene makes almost the best prosecco in Italy.)

]]> By: liam http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31209 liam Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:30:15 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31209 Oy, sorry about that. Could an administrator perhaps fix up the carriage returns in my entry and Alan's? Oy, sorry about that.
Could an administrator perhaps fix up the carriage returns in my entry and Alan’s?

]]> By: Nicholas Gruen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31207 Nicholas Gruen Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:46:50 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31207 Thanks Liam, But your DD does bring to mind one other rule. The last line of each stanza must rhyme with each other. And 'bi-dactylometry' is accepted as an appropriately doubly dactylic word. Thanks Liam,

But your DD does bring to mind one other rule. The last line of each stanza must rhyme with each other. And ‘bi-dactylometry’ is accepted as an appropriately doubly dactylic word.

]]> By: Liam http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31197 Liam Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:59:04 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31197 Headbending mindbinding Clubtroppodillians: Too fucking erudite For your own good. What is the point of this bi-dactylometry* Tropical bloggery Or chattering class? ... *a word not found in the dictionary, or anywhere else Headbending mindbinding
Clubtroppodillians:
Too fucking erudite
For your own good.

What is the point of this
bi-dactylometry*
Tropical bloggery
Or chattering class?
…
*a word not found in the dictionary, or anywhere else

]]> By: Alan http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31168 Alan Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:32:43 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31168 Bidactyl, try dactyl, Length's not what it takes, Stess can't be over- Stressed in the make. The Umm, in 'Umm pah pah' is short, but stressed, So stress rules the dactyl, Foot length is a fake. Bidactyl, try dactyl,
Length’s not what it takes,
Stess can’t be over-
Stressed in the make.

The Umm, in ‘Umm pah
pah’ is short, but stressed,
So stress rules the dactyl,
Foot length is a fake.

]]> By: Nicholas Gruen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31128 Nicholas Gruen Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:27:28 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/04/08/double-dactyls-2/#comment-31128 Just found a good DD <a href="http://www.stinky.com/dactyl/dactyl.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Higgledy, piggledy,<br /> First Lady Hillary,<br /> Walking by doorways in<br /> Neighborhoods near,<br /> <br /> Noted a curious<br /> Replicability:<br /> Plaques reading "President<br /> Clinton slept here." Just found a good DD here.

Higgledy, piggledy,
First Lady Hillary,
Walking by doorways in
Neighborhoods near,

Noted a curious
Replicability:
Plaques reading "President
Clinton slept here."

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