26.5398, FYI: Night Before Christmas (Linguists' Parody Version)

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Subject: 26.5398, FYI: Night Before Christmas (Linguists' Parody Version)

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Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:46:45
From: Dave Sayers [dave.sayers at cantab.net]
Subject: Night Before Christmas (Linguists' Parody Version)

 
I circulated this poem of mine last year, but rather late in December. I'm re-circulating it this year, with a few little tweaks, in better time for Christmas. Please feel free to share!

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...
(Continues here: https://www.academia.edu/9856733/)

Seasonally yours,
Dave
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Dr. Dave Sayers
Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University | www.shu.ac.uk
Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
dave.sayers at cantab.net | http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers
 



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