What's In A Name?

JWEells · Post by **JWEells** » Dec 27th, '06, 06:21

The wind will move me on the waters far
Each wave crest a leaving, a departure
Then the gladdening trough embraces us
Enveloping dark walls of night promise
"We will keep you, we will always own you."

neil · Post by **neil** » Dec 29th, '06, 18:41

There once was a nudist from France, who looked right down Carter Bray's pants.
Said he with a grin while lifting one shin, nothing rhymes with the name Judith or orange!

this is gonna get me in trouble.....

Judith · Post by **Judith** » Dec 29th, '06, 20:10

Neil: Not from me (although I do wonder about being near-rhymed with "nudist"

)

However, I'd imagine Carter might have some objection to the personal intrusion. And who knows how 'Orange' may react. . .?!?

JWEells: I'd meant to comment earlier--nice imagery, there, with the embracing troughs. . .I like the mood, too: sort of contented melancholy (not exactly an oxymoron but maybe encroaching on that territory).

Lake Arrowhead brings up a lot of memories, as I was born/raised in San Bernardino. We used to drive up to Lake Arrowhead to be somewhere beautiful and interesting--but to Lake Gregory or Big Bear when we just wanted to catch a lot of trout

And Green Valley, in winter, for skiing. . . You are, indeed, sailing in a lovely area.

Oswego John · Post by **Oswego John** » Dec 29th, '06, 21:35

Judith - Buddhist?

Naw, probably not. Sorry.

O J

JWEells · Post by **JWEells** » Dec 29th, '06, 23:20

A small world! I love it up here. I grew up in Boulder, Colorado, and Arrowhead reminds me in many ways of the Boulder of my childhood (long gone).

Judith · Post by **Judith** » Dec 30th, '06, 15:54

. . ."Bhuddist" will do quite nicely. Problem (?) solved.

Carter Brey · Post by **Carter Brey** » Jan 1st, '07, 09:09

Judith wrote: That's the beauty of a name like "Judith": no obvious rhymes

The problem to which one alludeth
(Upon which one endlessly broodeth)
Will cause not a stammer
With Queen Bess' grammar,
In third person singular, Judith!

Happy New Year

Carter

Judith · Post by **Judith** » Jan 2nd, '07, 07:16

JWEells · Post by **JWEells** » Jan 2nd, '07, 10:09

Poetically metrically speaking
Less cognating helps with less squeaking.
Iambic pentameter fails if
The rhyme we seek is for “Judith”.

Carter Brey · Post by **Carter Brey** » Jan 2nd, '07, 13:51

JWEells wrote:Poetically metrically speaking
Less cognating helps with less squeaking.
Iambic pentameter fails if
The rhyme we seek is for “Judith”.

Indeed, you're right, but sure of that as I am,
The prosody is eager to obtrude.
To satisfy exigencies the iamb
Can drop the pyrrhus. That sounds good, hey, Jude?

JWEells · Post by **JWEells** » Jan 2nd, '07, 15:07

While I'm fond of translating, it's transliterating that really gets my juices flowing,
(that's to say that at times I eschew merely sailing for the greater exertion of rowing),
Etymologically parse the roots of dear Judith (not her hair's roots, no, that would be rude):
The wife of one Esau, that fabulous fellow, and the feminized Hebrew for "Jude".
But the Hebrews, like Romans, had no letter J, so "Jude" began with an iota,
Yes, I know that's the Greek name, but I needed a rhyme, and I couldn't come up with another.
So the name that needs rhyming now isn't so dentally fricative (easy to say),
We can drop out the j, and put in the i, and rhyme her name in a new way.
What used to be "[zh]u" now becomes "[y]ou" (you can probably see where I'm going),
It's a simple change, who knows what fruit it will bear, but indeed now my [zh]uices are flowing!

Judith · Post by **Judith** » Jan 2nd, '07, 16:08

Although I fear it's too late. . .

I have learned my lesson and will never again lightly, thoughtlessly assert anything smacking of "You can not. . ." or "It's difficult to. . .." I am now beyond-firmly convinced (not by this thread alone) that, for folks on this board, the universal response to challenges--implied or explicit--is "Oh, yeahhhh? How about this?"

However, I do reserve the right to make assertions in a thoughtful and/or ponderous manner

Carter Brey · Post by **Carter Brey** » Jan 2nd, '07, 16:51

I cede the field!

JWEells · Post by **JWEells** » Jan 2nd, '07, 17:59

No such thing as ceding the field, we just have to find more fields and then have a rotating sort of engagement. Rather like those "progressive" dinner party thingies that I've never had the courage to undertake.

Dick Barthel · Post by **Dick Barthel** » Jan 2nd, '07, 18:14

While we're all on a roll, perhaps we can settle the contradiction between the omniscience of God and the free will of the individual.

My solution to Judith's problem would have been that old song.. the "Name Game."

Judith, Judith, bo bith, banana fana bobith, fee fi mo mith....

Dick

The Cape Dory Board

What's In A Name?

Three-something AM in a gale on a mountain

Trouble?

ORANGE - JUDITH

Thanks, Judith!

OJ: Given the only alternative (so far)

Re: Too deep for me

Thus that search concludeth. . .

Metrical fancies

Re: Metrical fancies

Oi vey, Brutus?

UNCLE!

Double Uncle!

Lets get another field!

Our Board can do anything!