Are you looking for music of for pretty malapropisms again?
We start, as usual:
- I write the phrases from the pictures.
- Then I give you the definitions of the newly created words.
- You do the homework.
- And finally, we enjoy and enhance our word-hoard.
- Looking fore mu sick, did yew Haydn Sikh?
- Knot only hymn. My mane tar git was Moats Heart, and eye found Show Pan, List, Shoe Man and Handle – all so inter resting.
- Butt here ring yew play, eye no yew have not found note able Bark yet.
- Looking – appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; ” left their clothes dirty looking”; ” a most disagreeable-looking character”; ” angry- looking”; ” liquid- looking”; ” severe- looking policemen on noble horses”; ” fine-sounding phrases”;
- Fore – advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; — opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon;
- Mu – a legendary lost continent supposed to have sunk into the SW Pacific Ocean at about the same time that Atlantis disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean;
- Sick – affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health;
- Yew – an evergreen tree, of the genus Taxus, allied to the pines, valued for its wood, which has been used from an early date for making bows;
- Haydn – it’s clear why the hero of this story has some issues while looking for Haydn, as there are two of them.
- Franz Joseph, 1732–1809, Austrian composer;
- (Johann) Michael, 1737–1806, Austrian composer (brother of Franz Joseph Haydn).
- Sikh – one of a sect embracing a monotheistic Hinduism, which eventually took shape as a national religion, or rather gave birth to a nation, in the Punjaub, with a military organization in defense of its faith;
- Knot – an interweaving or tying of thread or cord, etc.; anything resembling a knot; entanglement; difficulty; a hard part in a piece of wood; part of a tree where the branches shoot out;
- Hymn – an ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns;
- Mane – growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being;
- Tar – a thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it;
- Git – British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person;
- Moats (singular Moat) – a deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch;
- Heart – the organ that circulates the blood: the vital, inner, or chief part of anything: the seat of the affections, etc., esp. love: courage: vigor: secret meaning or design: that which resembles a heart;
- Eye – to look at fixedly; scrutinize;
- Show – indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; / a public exhibition of entertainment;
- Pan – prefix signifying all;/to express a totally negative opinion of; ” The critics panned the performance;”/cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel;
- List – a border of cloth; catalog or roll;
- Shoe – a covering for the foot: a rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to keep it from injury: anything in form or use like a shoe;
- Man – the generic use of the word to refer to any human being;
- Handle – To deal with; to make a business of;
- Inter – Latin prefix signifying ” between,” “among,” as in intermarry- the French form is entre, as in entertain;
- Resting – (the verb to rest) To stop moving or acting; be quiet; to take repose; sleep; be dead; be at peace; to trust; be supported; stand; lean; to remain in one place;
- Butt – the end or extremity of anything, especially the thicker, larger, or blunt end considered as a bottom, base, support, or handle, as of a log, fishing rod, or pistol;
- Here – in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is;
- Ring – a circle: a small hoop, usually of metal, worn on the finger as an ornament;
- Note – to make a note; notice;/a mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence;
- Able – have the skills and qualifications to do things well;
- Bark – A short, abrupt, explosive sound, as of a dog;
- Yet – Before or at some future time; eventually.
- Carefully read the text with the best possible pronunciation and find our the primary meaning of the phrases.
- Learn the new words.
- Create your malapropisms, share your examples.
- And the last exercise for you today is to find at least five more composers from the list in the picture.