by Gregg Rowe
There was an Englishman visiting Québec
Who was staying at the Hôtel Frontenac
He lacked the basics
In French grammar and semantics
Because church,en français, isn't tabernacle
Author notes
en français in French
tabernacle (mildly) Christ, but in a profane meaning
Québec Québec City
au Québec Québec province
In pronunciation of the words, the end syllables are long 'a' and hard 'K' sound.
Written May 7th, 2004
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A contest entry
- Laughter by Goddess of Roses.
300 points, ended December 14, 2004, 9 entries
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LilMissMuffet: Oh, yes, you are so correct...I forgot to put that in my definition on my Author's Comment....thanks for showing another insight into the word. gregg
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Heehee, very cute. I came upon your Canadian Diddlies somewhat accidentally. Being a Canadian from Quebec, I found this limerick particularly amusing. And one of my most often used french swears is "tabarnak" (which is actually how the french-canadians pronounce it when cussing).
If you don't mind my clarifying the word "tabernacle", it's actually a small area located in the church, usually within the altar, where they keep the holy host. -
I'm always on the hunt for a good limerick! I love reading them almost as much as writing them... Thank you for the laugh!
Kristen
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I know that word
, is a bad word, they use stuff of religion in Quebec to curse , well I love the imagen you put in your poem It remainds me of the explanade and the fontenac 
. Good luck in the contest, thanks for entering
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Things have changed somewhat in Québec, this is the most popular swear word on the street between kids and gangs. Semantics of a word are always evolving.
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This was cute , as in what i would almost call a little diddy or almost like a limerick . But may I bring your attention to one thing in your author's explanation . I have never heard that TABERNACLE means Christ in a profane meaning . It is another word for church in some religions , but in the catholic religion it means the sacred receptable where the Eucharist is stored until given out during the communion part of mass. Take my word for it ....it is the word of what used to be a good catholic girl , born and raised in an 98% catholic country . I am still not a good girl gone bad , but I said goodbye to catholicism along time ago ( about the time when I realised i could think for myself I believe ) and no longer was intimidated by sadistic little nuns and perverted priests . I apologise to anyone who takes offense at what I just said , but I will stand by my word and my beliefs . I experienced it first hand
Reenie
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I like this very much. A limerick. ..
Edited on May 07, 10:01 p.m. because ''.
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