John:

The way I have been pronouncing DOCOPOCOSS, it almost rhymes with HOCUS
POCUS, which I judge is more ironical than poetical (sic).

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Woodgate" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: docopocoss


>
> I read in !emc-pstc that Price, Ed <[email protected]> wrote (in
> <[email protected]>) about
> 'docopocoss' on Wed, 6 Nov 2002:
>
> >Maybe we could come to admire DOCOPOCOSS more if we could rhyme it with
> >something.
>
> It's very difficult to get a true rhyme for multi-syllable words which
> are accented on the first syllable. Hence:
>
> O all ye lords of ladies intellectual,
> Admit it now; have they not hen-pecked you all.
>
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