23.1049, Calling All Linguistic Limericists!

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LINGUIST List: Vol-23-1049. Thu Mar 01 2012. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 23.1049, Calling All Linguistic Limericists!

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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:53:12
From: LINGUIST List [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: There Once Was a Man from Nantucket...

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Dear LINGUIST List Subscribers,

You're a clever bunch of folks; in many cases, you're probably actual geniuses.
 You're good with words.  You have impeccable taste in the arts, and a fine
 sense of meter and rhyme.  You can be very, very funny.  Why not deploy these
 admirable traits in the name of supporting LINGUIST List?

That's right: we're putting out the first call for limericks, a time-honored
 Fund Drive tradition that has yielded some truly virtuosic works in the past. 
Put on your poetry caps, flex your wit muscles, and prepare to compete against
 your fellow linguists in the 2012 Limerick Competition.  Here's how it works:

-Submit your limericks to anna at linguistlist.org!  They can be on any
 linguistics-related topic, but so much the better if they have something to do
 with LINGUIST List or Fund Drive.

-Every Friday, we'll post that week's limerick submissions on the Fund Drive
 site.  Visitors will be able to vote for their favorite limericks over the
 course of the week.

-Every Friday, we'll also announce the winner of the previous week's batch of
 limericks.  The winners of each week will go on to the FINAL ROUND towards the
 end of Fund Drive.

-We'll be awarding prizes to each week's winners, plus a big prize to the
 overall winner of the Final Round!  And let's not forget the pride you'll feel
 at having your limerick marked "WINNER" in big red text, in full view of
 thousands of linguists worldwide.

Get your creative juices flowing, and start penning those limericks!  We'll be
 accepting submissions for Round 1 until Thursday, March 8, at noon (EST).  For
 inspiration, here's a classic limerick from a previous Fund Drive by Michael
 Horlick:

There are quite a few linguists whose fate
was improved by LL's up-to-date
job announcements and postings
yet site maintenance and hosting
need commitment and money - donate!

View more classic limericks, and instructions on how to submit your own, at
 the Bard's Corner:

http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/limericks.cfm

Good luck, poets!
The LINGUIST List Crew





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