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I was listening to a radio programme today that said that less than 28% of
people (in the UK) under 30 knew any nursery rhymes and even fewer knew what
they meant.
For instance:
Mary Mary Quite Contrary or Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
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Stephen
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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 14:20:41
Message: <4ace2d79$1@news.povray.org>
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Mary had a little lamb,
And the midwife fainted.
*rimshot*
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 14:48:34
Message: <4ace3402$1@news.povray.org>
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:20:43 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Mary had a little lamb,
> And the midwife fainted.
> *rimshot*
LOL
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:20:43 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>And the midwife fainted.
"The doctor nearly fainted"
Scans better to me :)
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Stephen
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 15:52:06
Message: <4ace42e6$1@news.povray.org>
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:27:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:20:43 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
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>>And the midwife fainted.
>
> "The doctor nearly fainted"
> Scans better to me :)
s/doctor/midwife also works with your modification.
Jim
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From: Kevin Wampler
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 15:55:36
Message: <4ace43b8$1@news.povray.org>
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Stephen wrote:
> I was listening to a radio programme today that said that less than 28% of
> people (in the UK) under 30 knew any nursery rhymes and even fewer knew what
> they meant.
I can see why most kids would know what they meant, seeing as how many
of the actual meanings are pretty far removed from the modern notions of
"things for kids". Same with Grimm's Fairy Tales come to think of it
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On 8 Oct 2009 15:52:06 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:27:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:20:43 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
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>>>And the midwife fainted.
>>
>> "The doctor nearly fainted"
>> Scans better to me :)
>
>s/doctor/midwife also works with your modification.
>
I'm older than Andrew so his is the modification :P
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Stephen
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:55:35 -0700, Kevin Wampler <wam### [at] uwashingtonedu>
wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> I was listening to a radio programme today that said that less than 28% of
>> people (in the UK) under 30 knew any nursery rhymes and even fewer knew what
>> they meant.
>
>I can see why most kids would know what they meant, seeing as how many
>of the actual meanings are pretty far removed from the modern notions of
>"things for kids". Same with Grimm's Fairy Tales come to think of it
Very remote as they were written(?)/spoken when most people could not read ;)
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Stephen
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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 16:35:43
Message: <4ace4d1f@news.povray.org>
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Stephen schrieb:
>> And the midwife fainted.
>
> "The doctor nearly fainted"
> Scans better to me :)
No, as for rhythm the midwife version is much better.
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 16:38:06
Message: <4ace4dae$1@news.povray.org>
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:16:30 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 8 Oct 2009 15:52:06 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:27:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:20:43 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>And the midwife fainted.
>>>
>>> "The doctor nearly fainted"
>>> Scans better to me :)
>>
>>s/doctor/midwife also works with your modification.
>>
>>
> I'm older than Andrew so his is the modification :P
You modified his text, age has no importance there. :P
Jim
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