Re: A soothing advertisement

On Tue, 27 May 2025 5:37:42 +0000, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:

Jeff Barnett wrote:
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Many years ago, I would drive by the Los Angeles International airport
on the my way to work. Near there, visible from the freeway, was a
billboard advertisement for some SUV or pickup truck - I don't remember
which or the manufacturer. It caught my attention with these three
simple lines:
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    Climb mountains
    Carry plywood
    Comb beaches (a play on beachcomber)
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It has stuck in my mind like a little poem. I present it to you all as a
simple puzzle on what makes it coherent. I'll post my observation after
a while. BTW, I assume that many or most of the regulars in these groups
will catch on more quickly than I did.

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There are three important features that are at work. The c is repeated,
the rhyme is the same in each line, and the vowels follow a
well-established pattern - i a o. Think of "ding dang dong" and notice
how impossible it sounds if you say "dong ding dang". I could add that
Huey, Dewey, and Louie in Danish are called Rip, Rap and Rup.

Somebody wearing a tee-shirt today inscribed
Bre
a
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which has a pleasing ring to it.