A Procrastinator's Christmas Carol (part 2)

[smeddley]

It's the eleventh day 'fore Christmas, and there's no rest for me...
...two unsent cards, and I still haven't put up the tree.

Comments

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

ARGH THE 'HAVEN'T' MAKES IT NOT SCAN

ARGH

ARGH

*clutches head*

oh god my stomach why did i eat so much delicious delicious pav

*clutches stomach*

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. It works for me. Maybe it's in how you sing it? I'm going on the version that strings 'partridge' out into three syllables. It's kinda 'par - tri - idge' with a change of tone between the last two. That makes the two syllables in 'haven't' work.

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

eeeeeh, but you have to not really say the 'v' in 'haven't' and 'haven't' (okay 'haven't' is now officially NOT A PROPER WORD IN MY BRAIN) has more of a rising tone than 'tri-idge' IMHO.


(Also I think 'the tree' is throwing it out because 'the' is a lot softer* than 'pear'.

*I KNOW POETRY TERMINOLOGY LOL)

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

I don't think I pronounce the 'v' much, it's a soft, smooshy sound, at least with my accent. If LJ would let me make a voice post (it forgot my phone number and I don't remember my pin, so it gives me crap) I'd sing it for you...

[icecat.livejournal.com]

In addition to voice posts, they should let you do voice comments! Or I'd totally try to help. :D

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Also, I actually learned this version before the proper one (http://mouse.webby.com/bellbird.html)!

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

I can't see it right now. :( *sigh* Is it time to go home yet?

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

On the twelth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:
twelve koalas clowning
eleven lizards leaping
ten dingoes dancing
nine numbats knitting
eight quokkas cooking
seven mice a-marching
six penguins peeping
five croc-o-diles
four pelicans
three lorikeets
two wallabies
and a bellbird in a flame tree

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

But...but... 'lorikeets' is too many syllables! Unless I'm pronouncing it wrong, it should only be two ('french hen') and rather harsh ones, at that!

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Remember, I learned this version first. So I dunno.