But, but, but, but, but, but, but....
Tue, 2001-07-10 15:51
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But, but, but, but, but, but, but....
Okay wordsmiths - a game. How many times can you repeat the same word in a passage of intelligible writing? Get your creative juices going on this one and if there are some good postings after a week or two I will convince the Grands Fromages at ABCtales to put up a prize.
Now, to get you going, how about five "and"s in a row in one sentence:
The signwriter got down from his ladder outside the local M & S store proud of his work but the manager said, "It's no good. I don't like it. There's too big a space between 'Marks' and 'And' and 'And' and 'Spencer'".
Isn't there one with 'that' where the sentence has five or six 'that' s in a row and it makes sense if placed in context ?
Personally I don't know if that what you are all talking about is really that which everyone happens to think, that you think, that what they think, this is what everyone else thinks that you want? Hmm.. That's quite interesting that. I meant that what you think that everyone thinks is that what we all think!
A super stressed executive is waiting to receive a reply from his e-mail, subject title "Had Had", from his New York associate. The vital deadline slips by and still no response, patience driven over the edge he phones across the Atlantic.
"Did you get the e-mail, subject title "Had Had" !"
"No, sir I didn’t sir"
" I’m sure I sent that to you, where’s the reply!!!"
" I’m positive sir, I didn’t get it "
The executive loses his cool, muffling the phone, he turns to his right hand man,
"He says he doesn’t have "Had Had!!"
"He's lying boss, I definitely sent that mail"
" So, he had had "Had had" Had he!?"
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Five "had"s. Pah! Heres 12 of the little buggers:
Teacher asked his English class to write a sentence employing the pluperfect tense of the verb "to have". Only two boys really understood what Sir was on about. Ptolemy and Hadrian, known to his chums as Had. They both essayed a solution to the problem posed by the teacher.
Ptolemy, where Had had had "had" had had "had had".
"Had had" had had the teacher's approroval.
Sarah walked into the bedroom, slightly earlier home from work than usual.
Mark was already in bed.
With Tom, of all people!
She stood by the chest of drawers, gasping. Finally she found her voice.
"Mark? Mark? MARK? Mark! MARK! Mark? Mark! Mark! MARK! Mark? MARK?"
(There could be more, but I got tired of typing so repetively!!)
JJ
Try this:
That that is, is; that that is not, is not; but that that is not is not that that is nor is that that is that that is not.
By the way, this font is so hard to read, anyone know how I can change it?
Toffee
nope.
I reckon you made two consecutive words there!
stephens first post is a bit misleading though. Do you want consecutive repeats of the same word stephen or simply the literal interpretation of your post? (this could lead to some lengthy replies!)
I'll post the Bible and win with 'ands' .
Consecutive repeats please. Sorry I was misleading. I hope I've got to you before you got too far through the Old Testament.
blast .... just got my hands on Job as well!
Man at top of stairs, calling to unseen stranger at foot of same. Mysterious intruder replies. Dialogue. Location: unspecific.
"Who's that down there?"
"Who's that up there saying 'who's that down there?'"
"Who's that down there saying 'who's that up there saying ''who's that down there?'''"
repeat to fade...
Double wammy,
The time was near, but all he could hear was the clock going tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock, then the phone rang. ring ring ring ring ring.
And that made the Dog bark, woof woof woof woof woof.
Sorry you can tell me P.... sof.... if ya wanna
You cannot begin a sentence with because, because "because" is a conjunction.
Anyone for 8 thats consecutively?
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes...more more more more more more more.....yes yes yes yes yes yes.....left left left left left left.....up up up up up up ...........that's it........yes........ the picture is hanging straight now.
At eigth am Tammy set out food for her ginger cat, called Frankfurt. When Tammy called for him, Frankfurt would usually come running out of the bushes or jump down from the fence, to have breakfast. But today, there was no sign of 'Frank'.
Tammy became worried, and started to shout. "Here, kitty kitty. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.........." Repeat ad nauseum.