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This document is page 138 from a book titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?'. It contains a discussion on English language rules and spelling checkers, featuring the sound-poetry piece 'The Loch Ness Monster's Song' by Edwin Morgan and a photo of the monster. The page bears a Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015828', indicating it was processed as part of a House Oversight Committee investigation.
People (3)
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| Edwin Morgan | Poet |
Author of 'The Loch Ness Monster's Song' featured in the text.
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| Shakespeare | Historical figure |
Mentioned in the context of English language creation and rule-breaking.
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| Unnamed Scottish Friend | Source |
Asked by the author about Scottish spelling checkers.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015828' at the bottom of the page.
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Subject of the poem and photograph.
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Relationships (1)
Author cites Morgan's poem as an example.
Key Quotes (2)
"If you want something that completely flummoxes my spelling checker here is the Loch Ness Monster Song by Scottish poet Edwin Morgan."Source
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"Indeed half the poems in my anthology of English verse are destined for the waste paper basket due to some minor infraction of ‘the rules’."Source
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138 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
the English language was created in this poem. The same goes for much
of Shakespeare. If we used a filter method, we would have just deleted
most of Shakespeare from the English language! Indeed half the poems
in my anthology of English verse are destined for the waste paper basket
due to some minor infraction of ‘the rules’. If you want something that
completely flummoxes my spelling checker here is the Loch Ness Monster
Song by Scottish poet Edwin Morgan. I asked a Scottish friend whether
Scottish spelling checkers fared any better and he assures me, no.
of Shakespeare. If we used a filter method, we would have just deleted
most of Shakespeare from the English language! Indeed half the poems
in my anthology of English verse are destined for the waste paper basket
due to some minor infraction of ‘the rules’. If you want something that
completely flummoxes my spelling checker here is the Loch Ness Monster
Song by Scottish poet Edwin Morgan. I asked a Scottish friend whether
Scottish spelling checkers fared any better and he assures me, no.
The Loch Ness Monster’s Song
Sssnnnwhuffffll?
Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl -
Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl -
gm grawwwww grf grawf awfgm graw gm.
Hovoplodok - doplodovok - plovodokot
- doplodokosh? Splgraw fok fok
splgrafhatchgabrlgabrl fok splfok!
Zgra kra gka fok!
Grof grawff gahf?
Gombl mbl bl -
Hovoplodok - doplodovok - plovodokot
- doplodokosh? Splgraw fok fok
splgrafhatchgabrlgabrl fok splfok!
Zgra kra gka fok!
Grof grawff gahf?
Gombl mbl bl -
blm plm,
blm plm,
blm plm,
blp
Edwin Morgan
The Loch Ness Monster
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015828
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