How Now, Brown Cow?
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I remember President George Bush (The First)
talking about a situation in which the U.S. had spent a lot of money,
but several other countries had benefitted, too. So he said,
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The other nations should bear their fair share.
It struck me funny to hear four consecutive rhyming words in a sentence.
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I heard a Lowe's radio ad that ended with three consecutive rhyming words:
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When it comes to pros, Lowe's knows.
Surely they did that on purpose.
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Upon proofreading an E-mail I was about to send, I noticed this:
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. . . your total bill will still be $70.
I hope that generated nil ill will.
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In travelling, I've seen a billboard for a Mexican restaurant named
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Los Dos Amigos.
Que c'est poetique, n'est-ce pas? (Oops, sorry, wrong language.)
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In Elton John's song "Nikita," lyricist Bernie Taupin inserted three consecutive
homonymic syllables when he wrote,
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Countin' ten tin soldiers in a row.
At least, that's what I think he wrote.
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So . . . finally I caught myself ending a sentence with five consecutive
rhyming syllables, the last three of which were homonyms:
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What you do to one, you do to two, too.
Say it aloud; it's fun!
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I received this contribution from a reader. It uses a two-syllable rep.
Its original speaker was British, so lighten up on the R sound in "wonder" when you say it:
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One does wonder, one does.
I wonder if the one that wonders does windows. . . .
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Tom VK reports, "In northwest Tucson is the Nanini Library, often just called the Nanini.
It is located near the intersection of streets Shannon and Ina (eye-na).
So it is the
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Shannon and Ina Nanini.
Say it rapidly."
Is there a silly guy hanging out there known as the Shannon and Ina Nanini ninny?