I don't envy you your job, Joe O, but it would be interesting, for sure. I know a writer who wrote- and sings - about the "tempetuous" sea. There ain't no such critter; I think he conflated 'impetuous' and 'tempest'. How would you sing it? I say 'tempestuous'. One that I do sing in its original for its shock value is the line in 'Don't Neglect the Rose'. The line is "Its beauty now is fastly fading. :)
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