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 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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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:
>>
>>> 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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On 8 Oct 2009 16:38:06 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>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:
>>>
>>>> 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
>
I heard it before he was born!!!!

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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:35:43 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

>Stephen schrieb:
>
>>> And the midwife fainted.
> >
>> "The doctor nearly fainted"
>> Scans better to me :)
>
>No, as for rhythm the midwife version is much better.

You must be translating it. There is no rhyme (at the end of the lines). "And
the midwife fainted." Sounds "clunky" and a conversation stopper to me. A bit
like;

BEAUTIFUL Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay !
With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array
And your central girders, which seem to the eye
To be almost towering to the sky.
The greatest wonder of the day,
And a great beautification to the River Tay,
Most beautiful to be seen,
Near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green.



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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:51:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>>> I'm older than Andrew so his is the modification :P
>>
>>You modified his text, age has no importance there. :P
>>
> I heard it before he was born!!!!

What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)

Jim

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On 8 Oct 2009 17:01:24 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:51:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>> I'm older than Andrew so his is the modification :P
>>>
>>>You modified his text, age has no importance there. :P
>>>
>> I heard it before he was born!!!!
>
>What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)
>
Great minds think alike ...
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Jim Henderson wrote:

> What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)

Don't be stupid.

Justin Wells discovered it on the Internet somewhere - back in the ways 
of IE 1.0 with black text on grey backgrounds, and 256-colour dithered 
GIF files. (My God, I feel ill...)

Along with such other delights as the Amish Porn Site (featuring 
pictures of bare ankles and the like), and also the Slug Sex Site 
(featuring... well, what do you expect?)

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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:17:39 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>> What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)
>
>Don't be stupid.
>
>Justin Wells discovered it on the Internet somewhere - back in the ways 
>of IE 1.0 with black text on grey backgrounds, and 256-colour dithered 
>GIF files. (My God, I feel ill...)
>
>Along with such other delights as the Amish Porn Site (featuring 
>pictures of bare ankles and the like), and also the Slug Sex Site 
>(featuring... well, what do you expect?)

Again LMFAO 
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     Stephen

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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:17:39 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)
> 
> Don't be stupid.
> 
> Justin Wells discovered it on the Internet somewhere - back in the ways
> of IE 1.0 with black text on grey backgrounds, and 256-colour dithered
> GIF files. (My God, I feel ill...)
> 
> Along with such other delights as the Amish Porn Site (featuring
> pictures of bare ankles and the like), and also the Slug Sex Site
> (featuring... well, what do you expect?)

What, you mean you used Google? ;-)

Jim

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