Malapropisms for M lady Siddartha beth

just a poem

 

Malapropisms

 

I love the antics of semantics.

 Although sometimes I’m driven frantic

 by words used inappropriately.

A sight I all too often see.

 

When people try to demonstrate

their vocabulary is first rate.

Like Mrs Malaprop confused.

They do not know the words they’ve used

 

merely display their ignorance.

 A most unhappy circumstance

Their efforts to impress must fail

Misusing words to no avail.

 

Better stick to words you know,

plain simple words which surely show.

You can express your point of view

 in terms appropriate to you.

 

A single word serves just as well

 as any polysyllable.

It seems to me it’s plain to see

simplicity aids clarity.

 

7-Jul-08

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Reviews

[Legion]

"One word will feed the world."

Bravo! Well done and well stated. Glad to see I am not the only one to feel this way (even if I don't always write that way myself). :)