Monday, October 21, 2019

Name that festive tune - Emphasis

Name that festive tune Name that festive tune Oh, jingle bells! Under the influence of one too many eggnog-laced espressos, weve only gone and rewritten verses from three popular Christmas songs in almost impenetrable management speak. Passive constructions? Tautology? Unnecessarily long words? Latin? Oh yes. Can you translate these tunes back to their original festive format? Email us your answers once youve deciphered them. The first five people with the correct songs will win a copy of the book My Grammar and I (or should that be Me?) And, from everyone at Emphasis: it is our fondest desire that you experience a convivial festive period. We really mean it. 1 The decrepitation of Castanea sativa on an unenclosed conflagration The arctic impingement of Jokul Frosti on ones proboscis The harmonising of a choral ensemble on festive canticles And citizens attired in the accoutrement of the Inuit. 2 Im experiencing a reverie in which I behold a Yuletide that is niveous In all ways identical to those I was familiar with at some point prior to today During which time the uppermost parts of foliage scintillated And pre-pubescent juveniles gave attention To perceive tintinnabulation amongst crystalline water ice. 3 The Ilex aquifolium and the Hedera helix At the exact moment that they have advanced to their maximum dimension Taking into account the entire scope of flora to be found in the thicket It is atop the Ilex aquifolium that the coronet is borne.

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