Paul Murphy wrote:
> IMHO, the verse should be original.
>
> Like other members of the list I have a goodish collection of mottoes in
> various languages, and it would be easy to submit them, even if tedious to
> type them up.
True enough. Nevertheless, I think before pointing our fingers to anyone, we
should considerthe likelyhood of someone creating a motto that had been created
before.
If you ask hundreds of people with a common interest, to write a single
sentence about a narrow theme
like "shadow", it seems unavoidable some coincidences.
> As to the method of picking a winner, I think this should be in the hands
> of a wordsmith, perhaps a poet, not necessarily a dialler but one who can
> appreciate a motto for its 'artistic' merit and purpose.
Although I see virtue in the intention of proposing a wordsmith to judge the
mottoes,I think a dialler is better because diallers will be more prepared to
evaluate how
well the motto relates to dialling while a wordsmith may just appreciate the
"artistic" merit regardless of its affinity with dialling
- fernando
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