Wordie: Chiasmus: Comments

Comment by sionnach, 10 months ago

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:05:24 +0000

Seanahan has triggered an indelible memory. Though it was my mother who had the musical talent in the family, my Dad would regularly bring down the house with his rendition of "The Charladies' Ball". Here is the chorus.

CHORUS: At the Charladies' Ball said one and all,
"You're the belle of the ball, Mrs. Mulligan."
We had one-steps and two-steps and the divil knows what new steps.
We swore that we never would be dull again, by dad.
We had wine, porter and Jameson. We had cocoa and all.
We had champagne that night but real pains next morning,
The night that we danced at the Charladies' Ball.

Full lyrics can be found here:
http://www.black-brothers.com/songs/26.htm

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:09:06 +0000

Right. What fbharjo said. *arms crossed*

Comment by seanahan, 10 months ago

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:57:53 +0000

I want real pain for my sham friends and champagne for my real friends.

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:40:00 +0000

Oh. Well... *head hurts*

Comment by fbharjo, 10 months ago

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:24:07 +0000

Reseetee - That course of - of course that ???? yes sey

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:04:18 +0000

I think fbharjo was riffing on the word's etymology, yes fb? I've noticed that you enjoy doing that. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:31:56 +0000

Well, if you bracket it in your comment (can you still edit it?) then we could all click there whenever we get to this page. That'd be cool. :)

I think this word is a little more elegant though.

Also, reading the wiki page for this word makes my head hurt. It's lucky I don't have to understand Latin poetry for any conceivable reason...

Comment by fbharjo, 10 months ago

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:17:28 +0000

chiastic was posted long ago. What a double cross!!!!!

Comment by skipvia, 10 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:34:33 +0000

If you want to head off a balanced attack by your enemy, you must balance a tack hammer on your head.

Close, anyway...

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:08:12 +0000

Love it! Can't think of any good ones though... Wait! "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." Is that one?

Comment by uselessness, 10 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:05:48 +0000

Don't let a kiss fool you, or a fool kiss you.

Comment by seanahan, 10 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:44:05 +0000

I can't believe nobody has posted this.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.