> Piers Hemy wrote:
> [...]
> Piers (One of the lieutenants colonel of the list language
> militia, aspiring to take over from one of the majors general
> any time soon).
[With apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan...]
He is the very model of a General Grammatical
He's information lexical, syntactical and general
He knows the Elements of Style and quotes it commonsensical
>From Rules of Use to Formal Matters ordered neoclassical
He's very well acquainted, too, with matters photographical
He understands exposure, both the shuttered and stop-numeral
About the Zonal System, why, his eloquent's pre-visualised -
with many printed pointers from the dry to almost-sensualised
with many printed pointers from the dry to almost-sensualised
with many printed pointers from the dry to almost-sensualised
with many printed pointers from the dry to most-sensu-sensualised
He's very good at focus on the analogue and digitised
He knows how to define all words, vernacular and vocalised
In short, in matters lexical, syntactical and general
He is the very model of General Grammatical
In short, in matters lexical, syntactical and general
He is the very model of General Grammatical
He knows his etymology, Olde English and the Latinate
His penchant's palindromic - words to reify and Rotorvate.
He ponders epitaphs for Mount Olympus orientalised
In changing light unmetered he'll veraciously extemporize
He can tell undoubted Avedons from Bresson after Cartier
He knows polemic prosetry from Sontag sur la papier
Then he can hum a tune heard from a passing Roma caravan
and holler every anthem of the team Gilbert and Sullivan
and holler every anthem of the team Gilbert and Sullivan
and holler every anthem of the team Gilbert and Sullivan
and holler every anthem of the team Gilbert and Sulli-ullivan
Then he can print an image as symphonic as a Ludwig van
and tell you how to make yourself "obscura" in a minivan
In short, in matters lexical, syntactical and general
He is the very model of General Grammatical
In short, in matters lexical, syntactical and general
He is the very model of General Grammatical
In fact when he knows what is meant by "antonym" and "synonym"
When he can tell at sight initialism from an acronym
When such affairs as misplaced commas and gerunds he's wary at
and when he knows precisely when his adjectives coordinate
When he has learnt what progress has been made in cameras digital
When he knows more post-capture than the periodic personnel
In short, when his tidbit of lore of optical is optimal
You'll say a better General's never sat before a terminal
You'll say a better Gen'ral's never sat before a terminal
You'll say a better Gen'ral's never sat before a terminal
You'll say a better Gen'ral's never sat before a termin-erminal
For his orthographic knowledge, though he's slangy and parochial
has only been brought down to Modern grammar form vestigial
But still, in matters lexical, syntactical and general
He is the very model of a General Grammatical
But still, in matters lexical, syntactical and general
He is the very model of a General Grammatical
Cheers,
Marc
Sydney, Oz
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