A recent Pearls Before Swine:
This is a small word avalanche, based on the syllable /fer/.
In a word avalanche,
you pile up phonologically identical words or parts of words to make a gigantic expression that is almost impossible to parse (without the context that sets up the expression)
(Usually, the cartoonist is the object of Rat’s wrath, but this time it’s Pig.)
November 14, 2013 at 6:56 am |
It’s even worse in French:
Les vers verts levèrent le verre vert vers le ver vert.
The green worms raised the green glass towards the green worm.
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/fr.htm
November 19, 2013 at 5:13 am |
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