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Heard this on radio this morning... you came to mind
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23/09/2004 18:22:09
 
 
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Dragan Nedeljkovich (En ligne)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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Heard this on radio this morning... you came to mind
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Full version at http://www.schoolwork.de/poems/chaos.php

An excerpt from the poem "Chaos" by Gerald Nolst Trenite -- who was a Dutch observer of English.

Dearest creature in creation
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I: Oh hear my prayer.

Pronunciation - think of Psyche!
Is it paling, stout and spiky?
Won't it make you lose your wits,
Writing groats and saying grits?
It's a dark abyss or tunnel:
Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,
Islington and Isle of Wight,
Housewife, verdict and indict.

Finally, which rhymes with enough -
Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?
Hiccough has the sound of cup.
My advice is to give it up!!!
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