Re: Just like Davey Jones, I'm a Believer

On Aug 30, 11:45 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:56:36 -0700 (PDT), "Paul {Hamilton





Rooney}" <PaulVRoo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 30, 10:52 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:30:10 -0400, tony cooper

<tony_cooper...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It does remind me of the old joke about the actor in his first
Broadway stage appearance.

He had one line, and his line was "Hark!  The cannons roar!".

He spent hours reciting his line trying to decide what emphasis to
use...HARK the cannons roar...hark CANNONS roar...hark the cannons
ROAR...HARK the cannons ROAR...and so on.

Finally, the opening night.  He waited nervously muttering the
variations of how his line could be delivered.  Suddenly, a loud
series of booms rang out, and - startled - he jumped and shouted out:

"What the *** was that?"

Great!

But should there be an apostrophe in "cannons"?

No. Roar is a verb here.

Perhaps.

Hark! The herald angels sing.
Hark, hark, the dogs do bark!
.

Quantcast