Yaraye
VIP
I did listen. Conclusion: my english is trash
What brand of water do y'all drink?
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No, you are all right.I did listen. Conclusion: my english is trash
Here is the text.
Listen Mr. Oxford Don
Me not no Oxford don
me a simple immigrant
from Clapham Common
I didn't graduate
I immigrate
But listen Mr Oxford don
I'm a man on de run
and a man on de run
is a dangerous one
I ent have no gun
I ent have no knife
but mugging de Queen's English
is the story of my life
I don't need no axe
to split/ up yu syntax
I don't need no hammer
to mash/ up yu grammar
I warning you Mr. Oxford don
I'm a wanted man
and a wanted man
is a dangerous one
Dem accuse me of assault
on de Oxford dictionary/
imagine a concise peaceful man like me/
dem want me to serve time
for inciting rhyme to riot
but I tekking it quiet
down here in Clapham Common
I'm not violent man Mr. Oxford don
I only armed wit mih human breath
but human breath
is a dangerous weapon
So mek dem send one big word after me
I ent serving no jail sentence
I slashing suffix in self-defence
I bashing future wit present tense
and if necessary
I making de Queen's English accessory/ to my offence
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Yaraye
VIP
What do you make of this poem?
It is considered a classic, and we studied it in out O' Levels, esp. in English grammar, and was a hit in pantomime, whenever we got bored with the Old Bard.
Yaraye
VIP
It's very intriguing poem. So what are you insinuating by telling me to listen to it?
The Yardie reference, mi lady.
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LG gang we gon slide for my nigga π€π₯·
Tap water or Iβll go to Costco and get the store brand bottles in bulk for cheap
Yaraye
VIP
what did the yardie reference mean? what does a rawdy townie mean? what does a geordie mean?
They all refer to your going to Omra at such a nebulous passing in your trot, for one only gallops to Omra for having transgressed, no? What transgressive gait have you slided to have to debug, and desoil?
Yaraye
VIP
How could innocent little me be transgressive?
Exactly my point. Then, I ask myself, what is with the Omra? What has she done to have to go on a 'forgive father, for I have sinned' trip? I am pulling your good leg, and am being facetious, mi lady.
Yaraye
VIP
I went for the heck of it
I know you're pulling my leg
I digress, and am in a boisterous state, having had a bloody awful week. Back to the topic in hand. Clean water, was it?
Yaraye
VIP
tap water
A sonnet by G. Szirtes: Water
'The hard beautiful rules of water are these:
That it shall rise with displacement as a man
does not, nor his family. That it shall have no plan
or subterfuge. That in the cold, it shall freeze;
in the heat, turn to steam. That it shall carry disease
and bright brilliant fish in river and ocean.
That it shall roar or meander through metropolitan
districts whilst reflecting skies, buildings and trees.
And it shall clean and refresh us even as we slave
over stone tubs or cower in a shelter or run
into the arms of a loved one in some desperate quarter
where the rats too are running. That it shall have
dominion. That it shall arch its back in the sun
only according to the hard rules of water'.
'The hard beautiful rules of water are these:
That it shall rise with displacement as a man
does not, nor his family. That it shall have no plan
or subterfuge. That in the cold, it shall freeze;
in the heat, turn to steam. That it shall carry disease
and bright brilliant fish in river and ocean.
That it shall roar or meander through metropolitan
districts whilst reflecting skies, buildings and trees.
And it shall clean and refresh us even as we slave
over stone tubs or cower in a shelter or run
into the arms of a loved one in some desperate quarter
where the rats too are running. That it shall have
dominion. That it shall arch its back in the sun
only according to the hard rules of water'.
