[Corpora-List] "Tajweed" in English dictionaries and corpora

Trevor Jenkins trevor.jenkins at suneidesis.com
Fri Mar 8 08:12:36 UTC 2013


On 8 Mar 2013, at 04:19, Jim Fidelholtz <fidelholtz at gmail.com> wrote:

> [warning: the following is one of the few clean limericks I know, as I'm a kind of sewer of limericks:]
> 
> There once was a fellow named Hatch
> Who was fond of the music of Bach.
> He said, "It's not fussy
> Like Brahms or Debussy.
> Sit down and I'll play you a snatch!"

Psst you might want to consult the OED's entry for snatch and specifically sense #14, not so "clean" after all.

Regards, Trevor.

<>< Re: deemed!

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