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Count Sheep

The Latin words sopor quies Sound just like Hebrew spor keves ! So to help you sleep deep, We now tell you "count sheep !" That pun's for a polyglot, yes?

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Date: 8/28/2017 4:37:00 AM
VERY clever word play - I had to google to understand the full meaning of some of the poem... we learn something new everyday!:-) Great limerick:-) hugs jan xx
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Israel Cohen
Date: 8/28/2017 5:25:00 AM
For other idioms formed by phono-semantic matching (PSM), see https://www.dropbox.com/s/0x59a0ncbumiaax/Idioms.docx?dl=0 and https://www.dropbox.com/s/am5qcg97ef4h77n/Idioms_via_PSM.pptx?dl=0 For a PSM interpretation of The Red Wheelbarrow, see https://www.dropbox.com/s/f0ce82ijabzbel8/Red_Wheelbarrow_pics.docx?dl=0

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