tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25446828.post1162241564401711798..comments2024-03-11T18:44:59.286+05:30Comments on The Limericker: Euphemism EulogyAnoNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08006406744563893191noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25446828.post-7020635747273433082007-10-29T12:11:00.000+05:302007-10-29T12:11:00.000+05:30Lol! Very cute :)It was all the fun of reading an ...Lol! Very cute :)<BR/><BR/>It was all the fun of reading an essay written by a year 7 who's just discovered a thesaurus mixed with all the fun of reading something really quite... um... good (for lack of a better word, lol!) It's a great mixture that you rarely come across, I love it!<BR/><BR/>Now if you'll excuse ME I have to go study for my exams (that, i've discovered is a uni euphemism for procrastinate and generally slack off... ;):P)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510655589540332731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25446828.post-72381970951139152802007-10-25T22:46:00.000+05:302007-10-25T22:46:00.000+05:30The glossary was a big help. I feel you've put in ...The glossary was a big help. I feel you've put in a lot of effort for this post.<BR/>Keep it up! Chrz!Anisha Zaverihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855175456498903848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25446828.post-38049999328133847412007-10-23T07:18:00.000+05:302007-10-23T07:18:00.000+05:30I grinned!A serious note on the third paragraph. I...I grinned!<BR/>A serious note on the third paragraph. I was reminded of yesterday's news of Baghdad "US gunmen kill 25 insurgents" see (and the choice of FOX is intentional) <A HREF="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,299545,00.html?sPage=fnc.world/iraq" REL="nofollow">HERE</A><BR/>What happened is they had dozens of dead bodies some women and children, and they intended to find some rebel (compare with this article by the BBC <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7054968.stm" REL="nofollow">HERE</A>) . Talk about euphemism! But you see this a lot with reports on the Middle East. People get slaughtered by the party "we" deem are on the right side, and without a trial or even a slip of evidence the ones murdered are reduced to criminals. Oh well.<BR/>As for the exchanging the temporal with the eternal, I think most euphemisms deal with taboos like that.<BR/>And when you start with that a lot of them deal with sleeping... hmmmmm, hardly.<BR/>It's either rolling in the hay, passing water, knitting a brown sweater, examining the grass from the underside or confusing mine and thine.<BR/>Anyway, I must go and powder the nose. Keep up the good work :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com