Attention Limericists, (and Ze) - ZEFRANK.COM

funkytuba · 10-14-2005, 09:43 PM

I've recently found a new site wherein the goal is to write a limerick for every word in the english language.

The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form

The standards for limericks are very high. Perfect rhyme, meter, style and a good definition to boot. Once you've submitted a defining limerick it goes through a workshopping phase where people collaborate with you on it to see if it can be made better.

some of my entries:
http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?Word=bimetal

http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?VerseId=77344 "baritone horn"

So, give it a look, and some of you who have huge amounts of inspiration could make a big dent in the work going on over there.

Note: The words being worked on are being phased in alphabetically. Right now only words from a to bn are being accepted. So it goes without saying that this is going to be a long process lasting decades if not generations.

Ze: A while ago you requested info on online collaborative institutions for your talk. Check this one out and see if it fits.

Smartypants · 10-14-2005, 11:10 PM

Funky, that is FABULOUS!!!

dddrum · 10-17-2005, 12:08 PM

YOU GO, TUBAGUY!!!

funkytuba · 01-04-2010, 03:13 AM

*bump* because I've started to get back into the OEDILF and we've got some new members around

The dictionary is now open to aa through di

YsaPur EsChomuw · 01-04-2010, 04:58 AM

^ amazing!

Hyakujo's Fox · 01-04-2010, 10:31 AM

one submitted.

Brynn · 01-05-2010, 04:02 PM

I'm wondering if anyone would object if we registered the Ze Frank Fiction Project as a contributor and submitted some of the many hundreds of excellent limericks that evolved here - just to see if one stuck to the wall.

Marcus Bales · 01-06-2010, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hyakujo's Fox

one submitted.

Let's see it.

Hyakujo's Fox · 01-06-2010, 02:36 AM

For 'delightless'

It's true that we humans are flightless,
In darkness we're very near sightless.
Whatever we're missing,
We've got lips for kissing
To make the long night less delightless.

It's now being workshopped over.

funkytuba · 01-05-2010, 04:42 PM

Brynn: the only problem is that once you've submitted your limerick, there's an intensive and sometimes intrusive collaborative editing process which goes on--the original author controls the process. For some of our limericks each line is a different author so we'd need to either nominate a spokesperson to speak for the group or each person would need to register over there and be added to the limerick as a co-author, which complicates the process.

Also, "just to see if they stick to the wall" is not the way the OEDILF works. A limerick must be submitted in what its author considers to be a finished state targeting a specific word, not "for the heck of it".

That said, if you find any limericks in our library that look like they closely define, illustrate or demonstrate a particular word (right now between AA and DI) let me know and I'll look at finding the original authors and talk to them about submitting them to OEDILF.

10-14-2005, 09:43 PM	#1
funkytuba Spone to Proonerisms Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Left Coast Posts: 4,531	Attention Limericists, (and Ze) I've recently found a new site wherein the goal is to write a limerick for every word in the english language. The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form The standards for limericks are very high. Perfect rhyme, meter, style and a good definition to boot. Once you've submitted a defining limerick it goes through a workshopping phase where people collaborate with you on it to see if it can be made better. some of my entries: http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?Word=bimetal http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?VerseId=77344 "baritone horn" So, give it a look, and some of you who have huge amounts of inspiration could make a big dent in the work going on over there. Note: The words being worked on are being phased in alphabetically. Right now only words from a to bn are being accepted. So it goes without saying that this is going to be a long process lasting decades if not generations. Ze: A while ago you requested info on online collaborative institutions for your talk. Check this one out and see if it fits. __________________ ...and another handful of almonds Last edited by funkytuba : 01-04-2010 at 01:19 AM.

10-14-2005, 11:10 PM	#2
Smartypants MR. Smartypants to you. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oh, YOU PEOPLE go ahead and call it "Frisco." See if I care. Posts: 3,967	Funky, that is FABULOUS!!! __________________ "I don't think God wants us to believe in him. If he wanted us to believe in him he'd do something about it -- like exist perhaps!" --Linda Smith Last edited by Smartypants : 10-16-2005 at 01:29 PM.

10-17-2005, 12:08 PM	#3
dddrum Amateur Human Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Hills north of Mouseland, sunny FLA. Posts: 1,264	Outrageously Cool! YOU GO, TUBAGUY!!! __________________ ...or words to that effect.

01-04-2010, 03:13 AM	#4
funkytuba Spone to Proonerisms Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Left Coast Posts: 4,531	bump because I've started to get back into the OEDILF and we've got some new members around The dictionary is now open to aa through di __________________ ...and another handful of almonds

01-05-2010, 04:02 PM	#7
Brynn constantly amazed Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: in the labyrinth of shared happiness Posts: 6,206	I'm wondering if anyone would object if we registered the Ze Frank Fiction Project as a contributor and submitted some of the many hundreds of excellent limericks that evolved here - just to see if one stuck to the wall. __________________ 1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. 2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. 3. Your foot will change direction.

01-04-2010, 04:58 AM	#5
YsaPur EsChomuw oi Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5,208	^ amazing!

01-04-2010, 10:31 AM	#6
Hyakujo's Fox left hanging Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream Posts: 10,071	one submitted.

01-06-2010, 02:36 AM	#9
Hyakujo's Fox left hanging Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: between the click of the light and the start of the dream Posts: 10,071	For 'delightless' It's true that we humans are flightless, In darkness we're very near sightless. Whatever we're missing, We've got lips for kissing To make the long night less delightless. It's now being workshopped over.

01-05-2010, 04:42 PM	#10
funkytuba Spone to Proonerisms Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Left Coast Posts: 4,531	Brynn: the only problem is that once you've submitted your limerick, there's an intensive and sometimes intrusive collaborative editing process which goes on--the original author controls the process. For some of our limericks each line is a different author so we'd need to either nominate a spokesperson to speak for the group or each person would need to register over there and be added to the limerick as a co-author, which complicates the process. Also, "just to see if they stick to the wall" is not the way the OEDILF works. A limerick must be submitted in what its author considers to be a finished state targeting a specific word, not "for the heck of it". That said, if you find any limericks in our library that look like they closely define, illustrate or demonstrate a particular word (right now between AA and DI) let me know and I'll look at finding the original authors and talk to them about submitting them to OEDILF. __________________ ...and another handful of almonds

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