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Now while I respect the the vigour with which this argument is put, I cannot agree with it. | Now while I respect the the vigour with which this argument is put, I cannot agree with it. | ||
We must allow Mr. Paich some facility with logic and common sense, even if not much, and while Olympus clearly does not rise above the Serengeti, or another part of the African continent, being a mountain, it ''does'' at least rise above things like plains. | We must allow [[David Paich|Mr. Paich]] some facility with logic and common sense, even if not much, and while Olympus clearly does not rise above the Serengeti, or another part of the African continent, being a mountain, it ''does'' at least rise above things like plains. | ||
As for “leopresses”, who can say? What even ''is'' a | As for “leopresses”, who can say? What even ''is'' a “leopress”? It has escaped the compliers of the OED and, for what it is worth, Websters.<ref>Probably quite a bit, for [[David Paich|Mr. Paich]], being from California.</ref> I take it to be some kind of creative contraction of “leopardess” on Mr. Paich’s part. This cannot be right, for two reasons: | ||
Firstly, female leopards, however described, do not really rise above things like plains. They may be fast, but in two dimensions. Leopards are wholly earthbound. The sorts of things that ''do'' rise above plains are mountains, rainclouds (mainly in Spain), and hot air balloons (as per the above, I am told, it is only ''from'' a hot air balloon, that has already risen high above the Serengeti, that one can even ''see'' Kilimanjaro.) | Firstly, female leopards, however described, do not really rise above things like plains. They may be fast, but in two dimensions. Leopards are wholly earthbound. The sorts of things that ''do'' rise above plains are mountains, rainclouds (mainly in Spain), and hot air balloons (as per the above, I am told, it is only ''from'' a hot air balloon, that has already risen high above the Serengeti, that one can even ''see'' Kilimanjaro.) | ||
Secondly, the “leop’r’ess” contraction strikes me as implausible, particularly as elsewhere 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? | ||
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