[Edling] Twas the Night before Christmas (linguists' version)

[Myrna Goldstein]

Thank you Dave Sayers!

I LOVE IT!

Season's greetings!

Myrna Goldstein, B.S.J., MATESL
Eilat, Israel

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Dave Sayers <dave.sayers at cantab.net> wrote:

> Tis the season folks, for my annual spamming of this little verse I wrote
> a couple of years ago. Enjoy :)
>
> Twas the night before Christmas in the ivory tower,
> Not a creature was stirring at the midnight hour,
> Twas a problem for linguists who live to hear sounds,
> Consonants, vowels (open or round).
>
> We linguists were nestled all snug in our beds,
> While visions of fricatives danced in our heads.
> Snug in our gowns and our four-cornered caps,
> We pondered enigmas like bilabial taps.
>
> When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter.
> I sprang from the bed hoping for research matter.
> Away to the window I flew like a flash,
> Hoping my equipment would record and not crash...
>
> (Full poem here: https://www.academia.edu/9856733/)
>
> Happy holidays!
>
> Dave
>
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