And I’d howl at your beauty like a dog in heat…

Verandah Magazine’s ‘U’ word from AUM PR, is a a somewhat sad one this week.  The word ululation is derived from Latin, and it’s the sound that’s produced when the tongue is moved rapidly back and form in the mouth while someone is sobbing.  We’ve all heard babies do it, but anybody in full lament is likely to ululate.  When Leonard Cohen wrote ‘I’d howl at your beauty like a dog in heat, and I’d claw at your heart, and I’d tear at your sheet,’ he pretty much summed up ululation.  But then, he is ‘our’ man…

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