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[sid] => 183263
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[aid] => mick
[title] => Words and Music
[time] => 2016-06-18 00:34:00
[hometext] => Behold, the silent conversations.
[bodytext] => The fate of our language depends on our speaking; Come, lets explore before texting and tweeting! How words have evolved as the years went around; Before our computers silenced the sound! The term double header for two in a row; Comes not from baseball, but railroads you know! Before trains had turnarounds built in the tracks; And ran with an engine in front and in back! If you own a BLUE CHIP stock, here is the joker: Theyre named after hi roller chips used in Poker! Farmhouse mud floors were once covered with thresh; (The unwanted wheat stalks that held in the mess). The wood bar that kept mud from sliding through doors; We still call a Threshold tho thresh is no more! POSH came to mean a sheer luxury! It comes from the liners that traveled the sea; Before we had locks every ship had to cope; With sailing around the Cape of Good Hope. The very best staterooms always faced land; So for an extra couple of grand; You had the best view that any ship owned; It faced Portside Outbound, and Starboard Home! Golf gave us terms like Teed Off when we’re mad; And Not up to Par when were sick or were sad; A mens-only game says the name it was given: Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden! Thousands of words we used to all say; Are shortening, changing, or fading away; Like billow for wave, or bussing for kissing; Quick for the living, or harken for listening! But that is a story for some other time; For love of lifes sounds, I leave you this rhyme: Language needs usage to rise to the fore; Our voices and laughter, its musical score! Speak and make sound, so new words will grow; A symphonys never been texted, you know! [comments] => 3 [counter] => 97 [topic] => 44 [informant] => softerware [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Nostalgic )
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