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A correspondent writes: | A correspondent writes: | ||
{{quote|Sorry but you ALL HAVE IT WRONG!!! THE LYRIC IS “RISES LIKE A LEOPRESS”... THIS HAS BEEN BUGGING THE F OUT OF ME FOR YEARS. I think Weezer screwed up the whole world in this lyric... read his lips in the video}} | {{quote|Sorry but you ALL HAVE IT WRONG!!! THE LYRIC IS “RISES LIKE A LEOPRESS”... THIS HAS BEEN BUGGING THE F OUT OF ME FOR YEARS. I think Weezer screwed up the whole world in this lyric... read his lips in the video}} | ||
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Secondly, the “leop’r’ess” contraction strikes me as implausible, particularly as elsewhere [[David Paich|Mr. Paich]] gives the strong impression that he is not in the habit of making literary contractions for the sake of space. After all, he has already jammed twenty one syllables into a line apparently requiring only fourteen. Why start now? | Secondly, the “leop’r’ess” contraction strikes me as implausible, particularly as elsewhere [[David Paich|Mr. Paich]] gives the strong impression that he is not in the habit of making literary contractions for the sake of space. After all, he has already jammed twenty one syllables into a line apparently requiring only fourteen. Why start now? | ||
Thirdly, if you ''did'' want to squeeze “word for a big, fast cat” into two syllables, instead of butchering | Thirdly, if you ''did'' want to squeeze “word for a big, fast, African cat” into two syllables, instead of butchering “[[leopardess]]”, wouldn’t you just use “''leopard''”? Are lady cats more given to “rising” than gentlemen cats? The [[JC]] has limited experience of this sort of thing, but we doubt it. | ||