Tuesday, 20 June 2023

"A VERY STABLE GENIUS": Ancillary Funky Anagrams

This post-hoc post picks up on the theme of February's collection. Therein, 97 anagrams were displayed for the book title "A VERY STABLE GENIUS". (We have referred to this original collection on today's slides as "the main list").


































Readers who are enjoying this material and have unlimited tolerance for wordplay might wish to pursue some more of this doggerel by clicking HERE.



GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR WEB-EXPLORERS: 
To resume the sequence of daily titillations on our related blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense", click HERE. Once you arrive, you can select your time frame of interest from the calendar-based listings at the bottom of the page, and check the daily offerings for any month from the start of 2020 until December 2024. 
As of December 2024, there are 1800 unique entries available on the daily blog, displaying individual poems (often illustrated) and wordplay, but also with some photo-collages and parody song-lyrics. Most of their key elements are also presented here on "Edifying Nonsense" in topic-based collections, such as this one. The "Daily" format also has the advantage of including some song-lyrics, videos and other material that are not shown here on this topic-based blog.

Thursday, 15 June 2023

JUN 15 (2023): Grandpa Greg's Advanced Grammar: GREEK PREFIXES #2 [6]

A follow up to January 2022's post "Greek prefixes #1"

previous post (#1)
An-
Apo-
Auto-
Dia-
Dys-
Ecto-

CURRENT CONTENTS:
Endo-
Epi-
Eu-
Hyper- and hypo-
Chiro-
Chrono- 
more to follow










Authors' Note: These names for professional endeavours, derived from the Greek root chiro (hand), have quite different meanings and pronunciations.





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As of July 20, 2025, there are 2,000 unique entries available on the daily blog, displaying individual poems (often illustrated) and wordplay, but also with some photo-collages and parody song-lyrics. 
Most of these key elements of our work are assembled here on "Edifying Nonsense" in topic-based collections.
The "Daily" format, a formidable mix of genres has the advantage of including song-lyrics, videos and other material that are not shown here on this topic-based blog.




Saturday, 10 June 2023

JUN 10 (2023): WATERFOWL, fourth flocking [6]


   This post is a continuation of a collection of verses about WATERFOWL', as posted on this blog on June 10, 2020 (flocking#1), June 10, 2021 (flocking#2), and June 10, 2022 (flocking#3).


previous poetic posts

(flocking#1): American white ibis, anhinga, awkward great auk, birder, black-capped night heron, black skimmer. 

(flocking#2): brown pelican (Caribbean), brown pelican (revisited), Canada goose, double-crested cormorant, Egyptian goose, feral ducks. 

(flocking#3): flightless seabirds, gallinule (marsh hen), great blue heron, great egret, habitat, hooded merganser.


CURRENT CONTENTS (#4):
Juvenile night heron



   This post is a continuation of a collection of verses about WATERFOWL', as posted on this blog on June 10, 2020 (flocking#1), June 10, 2021 (flocking#2), and June 10, 2022 (flocking#3).


previous poetic posts

(flocking#1): American white ibis, anhinga, awkward great auk, birder, black-capped night heron, black skimmer. 

(flocking#2): brown pelican (Caribbean), brown pelican (revisited), Canada goose, double-crested cormorant, Egyptian goose, feral ducks. 

(flocking#3): flightless seabirds, gallinule (marsh hen), great blue heron, great egret, habitat, hooded merganser.


CURRENT CONTENTS (#4):
Juvenile night heron
Laughing gull
Little blue heron
Loon
Mallard duck
Muscovy duck





Laughing gull
Little blue heron
Loon
Mallard duck
Muscovy duck
































Bird-watchers, academic ornithologists, wordplay enthusiasts, wildlife photographers, Giorgio's relatives, and just everyday folks have united in their demand for still more illustrated doggerel on this topic!
For more illustrated poems about waterfowl, please proceed to the fifth flocking by clicking HERE.








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Bird-watchers, academic ornithologists, wordplay enthusiasts, wildlife photographers, Giorgio's relatives, and just everyday folks have united in their demand for still more illustrated doggerel on this topic!
So, to get to the fifth flocking, please follow this linkthis link! 


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As of December 2024, there are 1800 unique entries available on the daily blog, displaying individual poems (often illustrated) and wordplay, but also with some photo-collages and parody song-lyrics. Most of their key elements are also presented here on "Edifying Nonsense" in topic-based collections, such as this one. The "Daily" format also has the advantage of including some song-lyrics, videos and other material that are not shown here on this topic-based blog.