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Re: quantitative meter, accent and verse form

From:William Annis <annis@...>
Date:Thursday, April 18, 2002, 13:37
 >From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
 >
 >Yes, it's a lexical gap in English: we have no verb for "irrumare".

        Well, that crowd came up with a good one, catching the
essential meaning, including the hint of violence: face fuck (which I
blush to mention).

        As is my nature, I was suddenly overcome by the deep need to
know the etymology of this word (all praise the Perseus web site!):

"irr