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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

A Limerick ("Charles Ollier's son....")

Charles Ollier's boy Bill, for his sins,
insists ‘fish’ with 'laugh''s ‘g-h’ begins.
Its 'i'...? ‘O’ -- as in ‘women.’
('Sh'...? 'Potion' I’m skimmin’.)
En ghin, tiall such ghotigholk tied ghons…? *

     * Or, en fin, shall such fishfolk shed fins...?

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