gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoA short drive from Limerick, Irelandlemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down114
arrow-up1527arrow-down1imageA short drive from Limerick, Irelandlemmy.worldgedaliyah@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down3·4 months ago whose limericks stopped at line four Bad rhythm. Should be “whose limericks would stop at line four”
minus-squareegerlach@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·4 months 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”).