LINGUIST List 17.1206

Fri Apr 21 2006

Winners: Of the Haiku Contest

Editor for this issue: Tetyana Sydorenko <tanyalinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.     linguist, Thanks for Making us Laugh!

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Message 1: Thanks for Making us Laugh!
Date: 21-Apr-2006
From: linguist <linguistlinguistlist.org>
Subject: Thanks for Making us Laugh!


Dear Subscribers,

The Haiku Contest is over! You have submitted very clever andfunny haikus--thank you! Now we are ready to announce the winners.

1st place:

To change a lightbulb, just rank Light above Same Bulb: Optimality.

by Tony Davis (14 votes)

2nd place:

/h/ and /ng/ gently mocking--their distribution complementary.

(note: /ng/ should be engma)

by Trey Jones (13 votes)

3rd place:

Chickens cross the road to get case from the NPs, say syntacticians.

by Sheri Wells-Jensen (10 votes)

4th place:

The lean dark man leaned Closer and gave the woman A bilabial thrill.

by Brenda Boerger (9 votes)

5th place:

Some people say "pin", while others pronounce it "pen". Variation rules!

by David Bowie (7 votes)

The 6th prize is for a randomly drawn haiku:

Plato and Descartes, proved wrong by Hume and Darwin, Survive in Chomsky.

by Chris Cléirigh

The winners will be contacted about the prizes shortly.

Thank you for adding fun to our Fund Drive (or is it Fun Ddrive?)!

Still enjoying your haikus,-The LINGUIST Crew