From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #86 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Monday, March 28 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 086 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Re court /spark gas leaks/ oil spills [Dave Blackburn ] Re: Re court /spark gas leaks/ oil spills [Robert Sartorius Subject: Re: Re court /spark gas leaks/ oil spills That's a great observation Bob. Those lines now work much better now that you've pointed that out. On Mar 26, 2011, at 9:11 AM, Robert Sartorius wrote: >> Dave noted some syntax issues w court and "spark" > > That reminded me of the couplet from Sex Kills > > and the gas leaks > And the oils spills > And sex sells everything > And sex kills > > For years I only heard the first two lines as visual images - pairings of > adjectives and nouns. However, I later realized that to be grammatically > aligned with the latter two lines, they could/ should be considered as noun/ > verb pairings. > > Sort of a double entendre. I love it. Reminds me of the classic visual oddity > of seeing two different images when one draws a 3-d box using 12 line segments > without erasing any of the segments > > Bobsart > > > >> > 9 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:34:19 -0400 From: Jim Subject: Re court /spark gas leaks/ oil spills Joni said, >>and the gas leaks >>And the oils spills >>And sex sells everything >>And sex kills Bob S said in part, >For years I only heard the first two lines as visual images - pairings of adjectives and nouns. However, I later realized that to be grammatically aligned with the latter two lines, they could/ should be considered as noun/ verb pairings.> You mean like "Smell the gas leak; how big is the oil spill?" vs. "Then the gas leaked; soon the oil spilled" Interesting. I always "heard" them as verbs but I can see the possibility. Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:56:37 -0700 From: Robert Sartorius Subject: Re: Re court /spark gas leaks/ oil spills Jim Yes, I heard the lines as a litany of woes- plural nouns : gas leaks and oils spills - and then two sentences that add to the litany, serving almost as relative clauses - and sex sells everything and sex kills. Sort of like "trials and tribulations, and then you die" I think the phrase " the gas leaks" on a stand alone basis appears in writing and conversation as a noun form much more frequently than in sentence/ verb form. Perhaps that explains my initial hearing Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Jim wrote: > Joni said, > >>and the gas leaks > >>And the oils spills > >>And sex sells everything > >>And sex kills > > Bob S said in part, >> For years I only heard the first two lines as visual images - pairings of > adjectives and nouns. However, I later realized that to be grammatically > aligned with the latter two lines, they could/ should be considered as noun/ > verb pairings.> > > You mean like "Smell the gas leak; how big is the oil spill?" > vs. > "Then the gas leaked; soon the oil spilled" > > Interesting. I always "heard" them as verbs but I can see the possibility. > Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #86 ******************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe