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I'd like to thank the little words
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I'd like to thank the little words |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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How do you think of big words? Yeah you! How do you think of them? The chance I’m thinking of big words I would say is very slim You want examples of big words Yet you know I can’t think of them How did Webster come up with big words? Smart aleck go ask him Little words are more my liking Four letters and then a space But the drawback is so often You must shift to upper case Ode to five hundred word essays They once were a bane of mine Until I realized little words Can fill up every line But then I had a teacher Who said little words she would exclude! Counting on my fingers, oh dear, I realized I was screwed. Hopes of an “A” now seem killable For I must use multi-syllables I could really use a dictionary Although I’d hate to say it |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
little words, hmmm... well, they are grand aren't they??? The a, an, I, is, are, ... the whole lot of them... Hey walt, enjoyed this poem muchly... regards, sudhir. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
ROTFLMAO - ah - but are you surprised?...lol. This is good stuff! You know...in defense of big words Walty - they are just so much FUN - but then, I remember my last essay...and how many extra fillers I inserted like: a's and the's, and oh - my favourite filler phrase: 'this can be seen for instance in' - a whole 7 extra words! I always know I am in trouble when I am frantically checking my word count after every sentence I have done...yeah, it really sucks when the essay is 2500 words and I have only done 1600 - ~shaking head~, that's when you start thinking 'why I am here? Why am I not working in a shop...lol...'  K |
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Asma M. Ahmad Junior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 19 |
I 100% agree! And i like your attitude |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I am starting to depend on you for my morning smile (slept two nights in a row, so now I'm all confident and smug...)coffee and way out walt...it's the breakfast of champions, tee hee...thank you m'friend. |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
ROFL.....this is great Walt...the little words deserve a round of applause in a BIG way |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
El grande explosion of clapping here... Sunny ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Walt, a wonderful poem. excellent piece, I mean it was really good. "I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else" faster-Manic street preachers. |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
I love your style Walt... HUGS |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
i'd like to say tank yuh (all in four lett ers or less he he) |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
The reason Severn can't get enough words for her essays is because she has a vocabulary of big, intellectual words. I don't have that problem, because I don't know any big words. I'm glad there's at least one other person in my catagory. I was feeling pretty lonely Liz |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Walt~  It's not the size that counts ! It's the sincerity ! That you've got mastered ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Cute Walt! Going to put this one on your site? Hey, Walt is getting a real website, designed by ~netswan~ A wayoutwalt style of a website. and it is Click Here A new window will come up. ~netswan |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Great stuff, Walt!!! you see, the seccret is to link together the small words to make the big words....like over+a+bun+dance or under+where....hope this helps....  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
ROFL  This is great, Walt! I can relate! I hated those stupid essays!Denise |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
....lol Oh god I loved this Walt me know exactly how this feels and as for the dictionary..I need one by me all the time. Thanks for laugh mate was good See Ya Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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