gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoA short drive from Limerick, Irelandlemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down114 cross-posted to: dadjokes@lemmy.world
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minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down3·1 month ago whose limericks stopped at line four Bad rhythm. Should be “whose limericks would stop at line four”
minus-squareegerlach@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoThat depends on whether you treat “limericks” as a trochee (long-short, i.e. “lim-ricks”) or a dactyl (long-short-short, i.e. “lim-er-icks”).
Bad rhythm. Should be “whose limericks would stop at line four”
That depends on whether you treat “limericks” as a trochee (long-short, i.e. “lim-ricks”) or a dactyl (long-short-short, i.e. “lim-er-icks”).