Henny Penny

[animist]

Latest post of the previous page:

There were celebrations after the relief of Mafeking, but I have not found any indication that the latter has become some sort of eponym

Haven't you? Try a slightly different spelling, using "trafficking" as your model.

that's a toughie - um, mafficking?

[Emma Woolgatherer]

Have you not mafficked lately? (see, e.g. Dictionary.com)

[animist]

Does Saturday not count?

cheaty one:

hennikenny henny - Michigan town has mirliton

[Emma Woolgatherer]

Well, I'm not sure that it's a Hennikenny Henny, but it must be ...


Kalamazoo kazoo

[Emma Woolgatherer]

Henni kin Pennikin [---][/---] The brotherhood of the cowardly vessel

[Tetenterre]

Yellow ship fellowship -- slight pause while I think of one...

[Tetenterre]

Henny Penny: Yearning for osculation

[animist]

missing kissing?


Emma - the kazoo one - why do you query this?

[Emma Woolgatherer]

It's the old problem of using Hennikenny for a four-syllable word, but complicated further by the additional Henny. It makes it sound as though the first two syllables of the first word rhyme with the second two syllables and are the same as the second word (see my earlier comments on p. 30). That's why I've been using Hennikin Pennikin and Hennikinsy Pennikinsy, whenever I've remembered. Yours would have been Hennikinsy Hinsy.

[Nick]

Aaaaah! That explains everything!

[Dave B]

Henny Penny: Yearning for osculation

Wishing for kishing?????

[animist]

Henny Penny: Yearning for osculation

Wishing for kishing?????

Dave, thish reshponshe shuggeshtsh that you're not shober - TT, pleazhe shave ush from confushion

[Dave B]

I woz only joking! But since "osculation" has been used to describe two sets of lips meeting and I could think of no word for "yearning" with "...ogging" as a part . . . (or even "...issing" for that matter)

[animist]

It's the old problem of using Hennikenny for a four-syllable word, but complicated further by the additional Henny. It makes it sound as though the first two syllables of the first word rhyme with the second two syllables and are the same as the second word (see my earlier comments on p. 30). That's why I've been using Hennikin Pennikin and Hennikinsy Pennikinsy, whenever I've remembered. Yours would have been Hennikinsy Hinsy.

ain't life a bitch! I may remember this, and I do think I understand what you mean, but we seemed to manage with Hennikenny, so I will probably stick with it

[Tetenterre]

missing kissing?

Indeed. Your go.

[animist]

hennikinsy pennikinsy - female NCO from silver land

[thundril]

Sergeant Ina from Argentina?
Henny Penny dispute a boatman from there.

[animist]

argie bargie


hennikinnikanny, pennikinnikanny! - requesting volcano to let fall flower part for feline

(if I have got the HPs right, they represent the fact that the second and fourth syllables of each word are the same as/rhyme with each other)

[Dave B]

I have just realised that my confusion was because, for some reason, the posts after TT's "missing kissing" did not appear on my screen - ooer.

[animist]

argie bargie


hennikinnikanny, pennikinnikanny! - requesting volcano to let fall flower part for feline

(if I have got the HPs right, they represent the fact that the second and fourth syllables of each word are the same as/rhyme with each other)

just realised I did not punctuate the henni part: it is - hen ni kin ni kanny

[Emma Woolgatherer]

Drop a cat a petal, Popocatépetl!


There's just no competing with that ...


Hen pen [---][/---] rock blocks