porcinality

[Mark Mandel]

In the original, as I remember it, all those medial commas are actually
"with"-- rather sotto voce, so they might easily have been missed.

m a m

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> In February, Bill Palmer wrote:
> >So do swine have "porcinality"
>
> Rattling around loosely in my occasionally empty brain pan, off and
> on ever since I realized that the C should be soft (not that of
> "pork"!), has been something about a song.  I finally decided to tie
> it down.  I assume Bill had in mind "Porcinality" (lyrics by Lloyd
> Price), which I nominate for Miss Piggy's anthem. Its refrain is (one
> site tells me):
>
> 'Cause you got porcinality,
> Walk, porcinality
> Talk, porcinality
> Smile, porcinality
>
> Charm, porcinality
> Love, porcinality
> And of Cause you've got
> A great big heart.
>
> I hope I've finally rid myself of this "Punch, brothers, punch"!
>
> Joel
>
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