With my pate both addled and balding,
Drinking coffee both scalded and scalding,
It’s true, I confess,
That tenure’s the best,
For us fools who missed out on a calling.
—Pumptilian Perniquity
This student should really have paid
More heed to the notes that he made
On how ancient phonology
Determines morphology,
For now he will get zero grade.
—Pete Bleackley
Noam
In the comfort of his home
Did furiously sleep,
Dreaming of colorless green structures deep.
—Clara Hu
AABBA is a form
We tend to think of as the norm—
Anapests, without fail—
But the proper detail
Is A3A3B2B2A3.
—Dr. Whom
A linguist, Rick Roll by name
Gained a measure of Internet fame
With his study of memes,
GIFs and Wiki editing teams
Now he knows that you just lost The Game.
—Col. O. Nihilist
epp schmepp
cognitive primitives
motivate movement. all
raising (a-bar)
biolinguistically
parallels lifting. like
amish communities
raising a barn.
—Andrew Lamont
Where might the stress be on limericist?
Which syllable? It seems that it’s anyone’s guess.
First or the second?
Not sure? Well I reckon
You’ll get it right if you’re incredibly pissed.
—William Deaksworth
