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		<title>It&#8217;s Begun</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a poem that I wrote with some slang.  You can call it slang poem #1 or It&#8217;s Begun.
  It&#8217;s Begun

The night&#8217;s dank
Water hanging in the air
A cool breeze pushes my hair
Into my eyes, blank
My heart thuds quietly
At the rate of self-reflection
It wants out of my body
My mind goes the opposite direction
Searching into my core
I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slanguage.wordpress.com&blog=1803715&post=20&subd=slanguage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect Ride</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>liammorris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another great slang poem using some So-Cal surfer slang.

 	Riding my surfboard to catch a wave,
The perfect ride is what I crave.
&#160;
My board all waxed, I&#8217;m ready to ride,
On my belly into the surf I glide.
&#160;
I paddle out fast and watch the swells,
Any apprehension I quickly quell.
&#160;
There&#8217;s the one, it looks just right,
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		<title>In Ginger Ale (Swap Quatrain)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>liammorris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This poem written in Cockney Slang comes from a contest at allpoetry.com The original can be found here It is a simple poem written in the style of swap quatrain.  You will notice that the first and last line of each stanza are the same but flipped. 
 In Ginger Ale (Swap Quatrain)
 	In ginger ale, for quite [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slanguage.wordpress.com&blog=1803715&post=18&subd=slanguage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Computer Slang Goes Poetic</title>
		<link>http://slanguage.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/computer-slang-goes-poetic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>liammorris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Television commercials are even harping on the shorthand slang that has come about from instant messenger and texting.  BRB, BBL, ttyl, ic, ROFLMAO, jk, nm, and w/e are just a few of the popular slang terms used.  Sometimes it is very hard to figure out what these mean out of context.  However [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slanguage.wordpress.com&blog=1803715&post=15&subd=slanguage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a blog opens your eyes (and ears)</title>
		<link>http://slanguage.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/starting-a-blog-opens-your-eyes-and-ears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>liammorris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Have you ever had a friend point something out to you that you had never seen before and all of a sudden you see it everywhere?   It seems like there is so much in life that we don&#8217;t notice until someone points it out, or until we take the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slanguage.wordpress.com&blog=1803715&post=11&subd=slanguage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rhyme of Oxford Cockney Rhymes &#8211; by Andrew Lang</title>
		<link>http://slanguage.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/rhyme-of-oxford-cockney-rhymes-by-andrew-lang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>liammorris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I found this poem which is a rhyme about rhymes.  Pretty clever.
RHYME OF OXFORD COCKNEY RHYMES 
Though Keats rhymed &#8220;ear&#8221; to &#8220;Cytherea,&#8221;
And Morris &#8220;dawn&#8221; to &#8220;morn,&#8221;
A worse example, it is clear,
By Oxford Dons is &#8220;shorn.&#8221;
G-y, of Magdalen, goes beyond
These puny Cockneys far,
And to &#8220;Magrath&#8221; rhymes&#8211;Muse despond! -
&#8220;Magrath&#8221; he rhymes to &#8220;star&#8221;!
Another poet, X. Y. Z.,
Employs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slanguage.wordpress.com&blog=1803715&post=8&subd=slanguage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where the Sidewalk Ends &#8211; Shel Silverstein</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>liammorris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up I read Shel Silverstein&#8217;s books.  I ran his poem, Where the Sidewalk Ends, through a Cockney Slang translator.  Obviously it&#8217;s not very accurate, but it&#8217;s good for a laugh.
The Slang Poem
Blimey! There is a place where da sidewalk ends
And befawer da street begins,
And there da grass grows soft an&#8217; white,
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		<title>“All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry”</title>
		<link>http://slanguage.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>liammorris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    G.K. Chesterton said it well.  Using slang gives us the ability to define our language, and in turn to define our culture.  All my life I’ve been taught that proper speech and grammar are the only acceptable forms of communication.  Even contractions were frowned upon in my papers. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slanguage.wordpress.com&blog=1803715&post=1&subd=slanguage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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