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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 “leopardess”, wouldn’t you just use “leopard”? Are lady cats more given to “rising” than gentlemen cats? Quite the reverse, in the JC’s limited experience. | |||