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Scottish Limericks
Scottish Limericks
Limericks may have been named after a town in Ireland, but they have now become universal - and there is a wealth of examples with a Scottish flavour! Here's a couple which fall neatly between the song/poetry section above - and the Scottish Humour below.
The idiosyncratic link between spelling and pronunciation in the English language is explored in this next example. Bear in mind that the name 'Menzies' is pronounced MING-iss in Scotland...
A lively young damsel named Menzies
Inquired: "Do you know what this thenzies?"
Her aunt, with a gasp,
Replied: "It's a wasp,
And you're holding the end where the stenzies."
And here's another one where the oddity of "isles" rhyming with "aisles" is put to good effect...
The was an old man of the isles
Who suffered severely from pisles
He couldn’t sit down
Without a deep frown
So he had to row standing for misles
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11/23/2008, 14:10
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