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• Subject: Re: [ANN] XML Limerick Competition
• From: "Jeff Greif" <jgreif@a...>
• Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:27:33 -0800
• References: <E16P4zf-00035I-00@m...> <3C3F3A6C.1080609@r...>

Perhaps we need to start a W3C activity to standardize the XLimerick.
Instead of an infoset, it can have 'ThatSwingSet'.
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@r...>
To: "Jasen Hoglund" <jhoglund@l...>
Cc: <xml-dev@l...>; "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: Re:  [ANN] XML Limerick Competition


 ...
> Can't we get some limericks that actually *are* limericks?
...
>
> The canonical syllabic scheme of a limerick is this:
...
> The first syllable can always be left off, as in lines 1
> and 3, and you can squeeze in one, at most two extra syllables
> per line (though this example doesn't).  It's also okay to
> drop an unstressed syllable here and there, as in line 5.
>
> You can also have one (or even two) unstressed syllables at
> the end, provided the rhyme scheme is respected:
...
> It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!

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