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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is definitely NOT required.
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
FLN, CanadianEh! ~ I enjoyed visiting Stratford back in The Day.
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Background: My niece reported online success, although I’m not sure what her rhymes reached,
whether a flood of musical tenors,
or a site for gays.
“Tight on Rhyme”
My niece’s modem
found its target: the noise / of
inward facing boys!
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And…
Wordle 353 2/6
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~ OMK
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ReplyDelete[Chet and Lois have arrived at Aunt Noras]
ReplyDelete"So Chet, don't you think it's time to trade in your modem for Wi-Fi?"
"Since it's use is for printing and it does the job, then 'Why'
Social media I've eschewed with a passion, I'll not be a target
Sticking to the Program and it's Principles I'd say is a far surer bet
I'd rather use the time for meditation, look inward not out"
"Well Chet, it's time well spent on the ride to recovery without a doubt.
And by the way, Nora's not my aunt and I'm not her niece in fact
My mother is her cousin and on that subject be sure to use tact"
"Actually , mon chou, I've been thinking and though Charles never stated
I suspect that the 'Big Problem ' is that he thinks we may be related"
WC
"Niece at Peace"
ReplyDeleteThe uncle gave his niece keys
to an apartment with a new lease.
The place was quite a gem
with television and a modem.
Visitors needed a card
in order to enter inward.
And she achieved another target
by being able to care for a pet.
So now her life is on a new ride
as she enjoys this time with pride.
Neither snow nor flood, inward or outward mishaps,
ReplyDeleteCan keep the Pony Express rider
From delivering the modem I ordered for my niece’s birthday.
It will reach the target address
On time (per my delivery tracking).
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I loved all your entries today!
ReplyDeleteOMK- on yesterday’s Crossword Corner, I told a little about our visit to Stratford. Plus a link to article about the new Tom Patterson Theatre and Richard III.
BTW, great job on Wordle today. No hints?
Woohoo! Woohoo! I also got my Wordle on my second try! Woohoo!
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Wow! An amazing morning for this corner! Every one of you--OMK, Wilbur, CanadianEh!--and me, also--got all the Jumble words and solution into our various verses and productions. What a cool way to begin our Tuesday!
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Yes, CED, I caught your wordle hint. Misty, was your first guess FLair?. My #2 was WROTH. I like to play around but I eliminate a ton of letters
WC
Wilbur, I think my first Wordle guess was FLame. I usually work an A and E into my first try.
ReplyDeleteGoodness! So many entries today, Hard to answer them all.
ReplyDeleteCanadianEh! ~ Sorry I missed your Stratford note. I don't visit the Corner on Sundays. Never have--because I am an old, OLD Sunday NY Times XWD loyalist. I don't mean to be a snob, just have stuck with that PZL since 1964.
Enjoyed your J-word poem today:
An ode
to the road
of an older postal mode.
Also enjoyed Misty's. Her uncle's (sugar Daddy's?) niece seems to be savoring the pleasures of independence, the lil' minx.
As for Wordle, looks like Misty is two strokes ahead!
(And yes, I had a hint to start--that the first letter was an "F."
I can manage to evade seeing the full answer these days, but I always find a hint in my path. Can't avoid it. Don't know how you can.)
Speaking of hints, Wilbur sez he saw yours, CE, but I think mine escaped his eagle eye.
I confess I had a hard time following the adventures of Chet & Lois today. I think I finally worked it out. The first voice is from Lois. And then, if I keep track of the quotation marks, I think Chet is answering her.
But the 2nd stanza starts wihthout any quotation marks.
Traditionally, if the same voice is speaking, there ought to be a quote sign, but there is none. Adding to my confusion, I thought Charles & Nora were Chet's relatives, but I think Lois is here disclaiming the wrong kinship. And then Chet sounds as if he can speak for Charles--either because he is related, or just a mind reader.
Anyway, I think such extended dialogue calls for the time-honored theatrical script device--the placement of each character's name just BEFORE they begin to speak. That would be a great help.
If the name is in CAPS, we will know to leave it out of the metrical pattern.
As for a family relationship between Chet & Lois, it does not seem to be a close one, IF it exists at all.
Misty ~ Or FLAME, or FLICK or FLUSH. Lotsa possibilities.
Mine was FOALS.
~ OMK
Funny (strange?) to see two double-O--"OO"--words back-to-back on Wordle.
ReplyDeleteGuess that's the luck o' randomness....
Misty ~ Your first line rhyme of "niece keys" reminded me of an audio tape I did many years ago, as part of a project to teach English for Japanese students.
My tape was to help them hear the distinction between a voiced and an unvoiced sibilant.
Between the sound of /z/ (voiced) and /s/ (unvoiced).
My favorite example asked them to listen to this first--voiced--sentence:
"After the ballgame,
you can see my dirty knees."
Versus this one--unvoiced:
"After the ball game,
you can see my dirty niece."
~ OMK
OMK, I go directly to this site for Wordle, and I don’t see any clues or giveaways before solving.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
I didn’t get to the Corner on Sunday either.
Here is my comment re Stratford
“Home again after a trip to Stratford. DH and I saw Hamlet (admirably played by a black woman, Amaya Umeh), and Richard III starring the veteran actor, Colm Feore. The latter play was opening the gorgeous new 700 seat Tom Patterson Theatre (which was scheduled to open in 2020) overlooking the Avon River. Well done!”
Stratford
OMK, I love your story--and example--of teaching voiced and unvoiced syllables. Very funny, and reasonable.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked that, Misty.
ReplyDeleteCanadianEh!, thank you for re-posting your note on Stratford. I'm glad you liked the "gorgeous" new theater.
I just realized, have not been there since the 1970s!
The last visit I made, I stayed at a motel just outside of town. The owner of the motel, a German immigrant, saw that I didn't have a car with me and was relying on taxis. He shook his head and then gave me the FREE USE of his second car, an old VW Beetle, for an entire week.
That is the kind of generous spirit I will always associate with Canada!
Speaking of Canadians and of Richard III, I am reminded of your fellow citizen, Christopher Plummer. I was living in the original Stratford(-upon-Avon) in 1961 when I saw him playing the title role on the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theater.
I was going with a lovely girl in the costume shop at the time. I was a little surprised one morning when I was awakened by Plummer's rather loud, somewhat nasal, voice on the telephone. Just the night before he had apparently struck up an acquaintance with my girlfriend's roomie and now he had to rise early to use their phone to place a call to London to confirm some appointments being arranged for him by a Times columnist.
I staggered into the kitchen, where the phone was, and where I locked eyes on the Great One.
He continued his phone chat but pointed to an empty cup. I nodded and got him a coffee refill. He finished his call, then shook his head muttering, "Damned Tynan!"
I reckoned he had been talking with Kenneth Tynan! And the way he cussed him made me think--for a just a moment--that "King Richard" would soon have his head.
So what does one do in an unexpected & somewhat intimate encounter like that?
I just went back to bed--and I think he did too.
~ OMK
Yes, CE!, I use that URL for Wordle--sometimes.
ReplyDeleteIt may simply be that I spend more time on the web (more than I ought to!) than you do.
I am always running across Wordle hints, not necessarily when I am hunting for it.
I feel kinda sorry for the NY Times, spending all that money to acquire the rights. I read somewhere that they are actively trying to pay off or sue these other sites to keep the answers secret.
One of their problems is that they are an international press organization. Each Wordle appears a day ahead in other countries.
OMK- you have the greatest stories! Christopher Plummer no less.
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