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RCL 11-23-2022 04:24 PM

Happy Fibonacci Day!
 
I
Loathe
Turkey
On Thursdays
When the family sits
To sniff and wow! to drink and drink!
Thanking goodness these reunions are so few and dear
That bearing them and dotty Uncle Trump requires our misery every f-ing year

Syllable count 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21

Michael Cantor 11-23-2022 08:26 PM

Reflections on a Fib

If
you
begin
with a fib
there is no choice but
to chase the hump-backed, spiral path
that wayward words have led you into since creation.

I’ve heard of ways to stumble back, one hand on a wall,
unbuild, unwind, undo, retract –
my way is to shrug –
make a joke
and let
things
lie.

Brian Allgar 11-24-2022 04:03 AM

I hope that Prince Harry and Megan's son always tells them the truth. Otherwise, thay'll have to start calling him "Fibbin' Archie".

RCL 11-24-2022 11:36 AM

I like backspin of yours, Michael!

Brian, I take the nod to British pronunciation: "ahhhchie"

Brian Allgar 11-24-2022 11:55 PM

Ralph, no other pronunciation could possibly be acceptable for the grandson of the King of England!

Jayne Osborn 11-25-2022 07:18 PM

Is there an alternative way of pronouncing Archie, then? :confused:

Jayne

Brian Allgar 11-25-2022 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jayne Osborn (Post 485872)
Is there an alternative way of pronouncing Archie, then? :confused:

Jayne

Jayne, I believe that some Americans have the quaint habit of rolling their "R's", as though they were Frenchmen, or some other foreign breed.

Ann Drysdale 11-26-2022 01:48 AM

I believe Ralph was referring to the Americans' pronunciation of the name of the actual mathematician - "Fibba Natchie".

Jayne Osborn 11-26-2022 04:31 AM

Ah, thanks for the enlightenment, Brian and Annie.

I've always pronounced it like this but my husband says it more like the US "natchie"; he reckons it's somewhere in between "atchi" and "archi", so we're all correct... sort of! :D

Jayne


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