I took Steven Fry's word for it: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t-dLuu-ErnI
I've never understand why people think they only have to use one word to rhyme: "My love has got a purple tongue; She uses it to slurp a lung" > > Could be. I'll take your word for it. I didn't want to part with all > my online and personal info to get a 14 day free trial access to the > OED. > > I do love your Burns quote, though. > > Joseph McAllister > Pentaxian > > On Dec 2, 2008, at 14:40 , Bob W wrote: > > > "I'd be mair vauntie o' my hap, > > Douce hingin' owre my curple, > > Than ony ermine ever lap, > > Or proud imperial purple." > > > > by Robert Burns > > > > Hurple and Curple are both in the OED. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
