Wildcards work!!! Two mysteries solved.

[speleobat2]

Russell,

I've been putting together a list of Clerihew variations, phonetic inventions, transcription errors and just plain misspellings. Here's what I've found so far:

Clerihew, Clerchem, Clercher, Clerchew, Clerihen, Clerihow, Clerihue, Clerehew, Clerchar, Clershew, Clerihan, Cleribew, Clerchen, Clerikew, Clarihue, Clirihue, Clearhugh, Clerishaw


I think that's 18 of them. I may have missed one or two.

Carol

[Russell]

That's some collection Carol

My Lapraik line started out as Leckprivick and changed through many possible and impossible variants to Lapraik so you have had my full sympathy all down the line.
Cl* may be the only possible common search entry but every Clark on the planet would be added to your list

You will corner the Clerihew market shortly

Russell

[Thrall]

Ach, Finnish is easy, just understand that there's no connection with any other European language except a very distant, - 2,000 years ago, - common Finno-Ugric derivation with Hungarian.

How about Estonian, David? Could be wrong, but I thought there was enough in common for Finns and Estonians to be able to make a certain amount of verbal contact?

I´m not lessening the complexities of Finnish; my daughter could make herself understood after living a few months there, but resorted to Swedish when possible.

Kippis!.......................

Thrall