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Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:35 pm
by Fournine
I think we should list the starters on the first post as well.
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:00 am
by tokage
Wilbefast wrote: The original Seuss tirade can be found
here - the pattern was in "
EETLE", and moved over to "
UDLE", "
ADLE", "
ATTLE" and finally "
OODLE". I'm not enough of a linguistic to explain how this work exactly, but you get the general idea: consonants are fixed (except for things like Ds and Ts which sound similar), and vowels can be altered.
I don't see why the
'ck' and
'g' should be any different from
'dl' and
'ttl', for my ears it is close enough. Especially when the vowels stay the same there should be no problem with the 'rhyme'.
So I will continue with
clock.
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A blog all about grogs with clocks made from frogs wearing socks is called a-
SOCK FROG CLOCK GROG BLOG
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:34 pm
by Freshbite
tokage wrote:I don't see why the 'ck' and 'g' should be any different from 'dl' and 'ttl', for my ears it is close enough.
Because ATTLE is nearly pronounced as ADDLE and thus works with EETLE.
Rhyming is not (necessarily) the goal of the game.
Wilbefast explained how the game works in this post. (...and it should probably be in the original post aswell)
And Wil, you can edit the "Wolfire / Blog (?)" in the original post about this sixth match to just "Blog" since it has been officially changed to it.
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:47 pm
by tokage
'Battle' has a sharp sound from the t's, while the d's in 'paddle' are softer(at least the way I pronounce it). That's why I thought it would be the same with sharp k and soft g. If you can tell me where the difference lies, I will believe you.
I know it is not about rhyming, but more about a kind of tongue breaker from many phonetically similar words.
Seuss Off: SOCK FROG CLOCK GROG BLOG OWNED BY NOG
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:10 pm
by Armored Wolf
A blog all about grogs with clocks made from frogs wearing socks owned by Nog is called a-
- I bring to this thread the horrible abomination I call "sock frog clock grog blog nog."
SOCK FROG CLOCK GROG BLOG NOG
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:34 pm
by Freshbite
The difference is that BATTLE can be pronounced as BADDLE, but CLOCK cannot be pronounced as CLOGG. (Unless you have a potato in your mouth :])
To make it really simple, let all the words you add end with "..OG".
Spoiler alert:
DOG..
LOG..
FOG..
JOG..
COG..
HOG..
...are all fine examples.
By the way, the hexadecimal color #EAEAEA is great for hiding things in quote blocks, and easy to remember too. (sadly... )
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:20 am
by tokage
Ok fine, I'll stay with 'g'. Still think it is much more interesting, if you use both
voiced(g) and
voiceless(k) forms of the consonant.
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A blog all about grogs with clocks made from frogs wearing socks owned by Nog, who wears a clog on his head, is called a-
SOCK FROG CLOCK GROG CLOG NOG BLOG
This looks not as cool as I thought it would... anyways, wanna let me win again?
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:17 am
by Armored Wolf
I think this means Tokage wins again, eh? Or I am here too early?
7:20 AM on Wednesday, I'm hear at 7:13 AM Saturday. (here being at the library).
Well, I'll start a new one then.
BEARD
Meh heh heh...
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:36 am
by tokage
Ahem...
Wilbefast wrote:tokage wrote:Well, it could be an idea to extend it up to a week. The number of participants has dropped considerably since the obama-farmer-one. Someone needs to keep track of the time though, or this thing will die.
While we are at it. Wil, there are two mistakes in the OP, the caption for the possum-one is the same as the silver-one and Assaultman should be Starter and not winner (yet
)
A week is a nice round number - easy to calculate when it's over
All in favour? I've fixed the OP - thanks for pointing that out.
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:22 am
by Armored Wolf
My bad.
Thought it was still three days.
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:26 am
by Wilbefast
Beard should totally be the next one though
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:06 am
by Assaultman67
I think tokage is the only one motivated enough to win the Seuss Off ... LOL
everyone else just kinda wears out and quits :/ ...
Re: Seuss Off #2 - The second coming
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:12 pm
by tokage
I am not really motivated. My persistency more comes from boredom or procrastination (heavily).
Well, maybe this game has outlived itself.