Why do some words

by John Doe 18 Replies latest jw friends

  • John Doe
    John Doe

    sound dirty? I challenge you to find any word to connect "dangling" to that doesn't take on a nasty undertone. If you do, my dangling mandible awaits it.

  • AllTimeJeff
    AllTimeJeff

    The dangling gutter?

    The dangling tire?

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    dangling participle

  • John Doe
    John Doe

    The dangling gutter?

    The dangling tire?

    You really are a nasty one, ain't you.

  • John Doe
    John Doe

    dangling participle

  • Uncertain
    Uncertain

    Hee, hee, they said dangling!

    Paul Simon

    The Dangling Conversation

    Its a still life water color,
    Of a now late afternoon,
    As the sun shines through the curtained lace
    And shadows wash the room.
    And we sit and drink our coffee
    Couched in our indifference,
    Like shells upon the shore
    You can hear the ocean roar
    In the dangling conversation
    And the superficial sighs,
    Are the borders of our lives.

    And you read your emily dickinson,
    And I my robert frost,
    And we note our place with bookmarkers
    That measure what weve lost.
    Like a poem poorly written
    We are verses out of rhythm,
    Couplets out of rhyme,
    In syncopated time
    Lost in the dangling conversation
    And the superficial sighs,
    Are the borders of our lives.

    Yes, we speak of things that matter,
    With words that must be said,
    Can analysis be worthwhile?
    Is the theater really dead?
    And how the room is softly faded
    And I only kiss your shadow,
    I cannot feel your hand,
    Youre a stranger now unto me
    Lost in the dangling conversation.
    And the superficial sighs,
    In the borders of our lives.

  • Satanus
    Satanus

    'dangling participle'

    Speechless, huh? Whats happen for you?

    S

  • musky
    musky

    The little girl had pretty curls dangling from her head

  • John Doe
    John Doe

    Musky, you sick man!

  • kurtbethel
    kurtbethel

    The dangling frankfurter drags in the dirt.

    Yep. Sounds dirty.

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