tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474627686283911965.post47555578767680050..comments2023-05-17T20:31:16.124+10:00Comments on Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: Double DactylGivinya De Elbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746896375826415145noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474627686283911965.post-86788089156920186602011-10-07T22:19:57.283+10:002011-10-07T22:19:57.283+10:00Hi Tracy, I'd sooner do extemporaneous, or its...Hi Tracy, I'd sooner do extemporaneous, or its opposite contemporaneous! I think they are quite useable words, and would sound great in a DD!<br /><br />Fantasmagoria is just a series of illusions (dream or imagination), and Yerwa-Maiduguri is a city in Nigeria, which would dictate the subject matter quite narrowly.<br /><br />Hey Cath - it's you I have to thank, not only for teaching me about the form, but also your original list of 1500 words! I just picked one from each letter to put here :) Thanks again, and for linking Will's blog - there is some superb poetry there, reminding me I am a little fish in a big pond!<br /><br />Hi B, thanks for reading! This little Double Dactyl is a fairly easy form to write, really. I am now trying to write a SESTINA and it is so hard! Oh goodness, it's tricky. It's in part because my genre is humour, I don't write any serious stuff - it's just not in me. And without a jaunty meter and clever rhyme structure, humour comes off quite poorly, even despite the cleverness of the repetitive lines. I am trying for a free-verse type of feel, within the constraints of a Sestina. I may give up. It's so hard.<br /><br />CrazySister, I loved your ideas! Surely one of those should qualify for my list? The original list of 1500 contained silliness like Aliceinwonderland, so Xratedsexappeal should be okay. <br /><br />Trivia: it would score 34 in Scrabble, if only there were 2 Xs. It would stretch along one entire row of the board, and if you got it on the top or bottom rows, it would qualify for three triple word scores and double letters on the 't' and one of the 'p's, bringing the total score to 1026. <br /><br />Game Over. <br /><br />Pity there are only 7 tiles in a rack.Givinya De Elbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746896375826415145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474627686283911965.post-5669961766887452952011-10-07T13:48:03.474+10:002011-10-07T13:48:03.474+10:00Those are excellent words.
Surely a 6-letter X wo...Those are excellent words.<br /><br />Surely a 6-letter X word could be created using Xenophobe as the root? Xenophobmatical, Xenophobistical... hmmm.<br /><br />How about X-ratedsexappeal! That's one word, isn't it...?Allegro ma non troppohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429615833285806779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474627686283911965.post-5936394216498786942011-10-07T11:10:08.010+10:002011-10-07T11:10:08.010+10:00Oh you make my head hurt! I think I will stick to ...Oh you make my head hurt! I think I will stick to blogging about handbags, shoes and my cooky neighbours!!<br /><br />You are too clever - you do know that, right?Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147301486864145167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474627686283911965.post-18850385010794469352011-10-07T08:57:06.228+10:002011-10-07T08:57:06.228+10:00So impressed!
Anticoagulant is truly a six syllabl...So impressed!<br />Anticoagulant is truly a six syllable word of sheer brilliance. And they are so very hard to find - thanks for your list! I like Germanophobia. <br /><br />You HAVE masterered it. Indeed you have.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01079053507817689870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474627686283911965.post-2046440947516655072011-10-07T01:44:42.916+10:002011-10-07T01:44:42.916+10:00You sisters! I so look forward to purchasing a co...You sisters! I so look forward to purchasing a copy of your poetry anthology. It will be spectacular!<br /><br />Can you do a double dactyl using fantasmagoria by request? I need you to put it in context so I can figure out what it means. Or else yerwamaiduguri.Tracy P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07750283241399825265noreply@blogger.com