30 Oct 2013, 5:15 pm
I have no problems with reading, but it's a pain in the arse to try and read writing where a person hits the return key a couple of times in between every word or two.
Just saying.
30 Oct 2013, 7:45 pm
30 Oct 2013, 9:16 pm
30 Oct 2013, 9:33 pm
31 Oct 2013, 10:41 pm
cash wrote:
Nice try, but way too coherent for a aghogday post.
haha... thanks !
At
least
he's
stopped
posting
when
his
cat's
sitting
on
the
return
key.
Do you like my poem ?
31 Oct 2013, 11:46 pm
31 Oct 2013, 11:50 pm
Ladywoofwoof wrote:
cash wrote:
Nice try, but way too coherent for a aghogday post.
haha... thanks ! At
least
he's
stopped
posting
when
his
cat's
sitting
on
the
return
key.
Do you like my poem ?Lovely Haiku.
In fact it has exactly 17 syllables.
I believes thats the right number for a Haiku.
02 Nov 2013, 2:36 am
naturalplastic wrote:
Ladywoofwoof wrote:
cash wrote:
Nice try, but way too coherent for a aghogday post.
haha... thanks ! At
least
he's
stopped
posting
when
his
cat's
sitting
on
the
return
key.
Do you like my poem ?Lovely Haiku.
In fact it has exactly 17 syllables.
I believes thats the right number for a Haiku.
Thankyou very much ! Gosh, that's very perceptive of you.
It is indeed a Haiku. Or I guess, a Senryu. Senryu are similar to Haiku, but they're typically about human nature or everyday life, and tend to be informal and often humorous... whereas Haiku are much more formal and serious, and need to have a seasonal reference.
However, both do indeed have 17 syllables. I never even noticed that mine did, until you mentioned it
My inner muse must have arranged that !
Ehhhh... I just skipped past that other post because I think their return key is broken again.
02 Nov 2013, 2:53 am
02 Nov 2013, 3:29 am
Fair enough, time for a second draft...
At
least
he's
stopped
posting
when
his
cat
is
sitting
on
the
return
key.
02 Nov 2013, 3:33 am
Although that said, it's no longer quite so relevant... since he's started that up again.
In which case...
Cat sits on keyboard
Over-expanded waffle
Return key needs rest
02 Nov 2013, 6:46 am
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02 Nov 2013, 5:38 pm
naturalplastic wrote:
b9 wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
Ladywoofwoof wrote:
At -1/1
least -1/2
he's-1/3
stopped-2/5
posting-2/7
when-1/8
his-1/9
cat's-1/10
sitting-2/12
on-1/13
the-1/14
return-2/16
key. 1/17
least -1/2
he's-1/3
stopped-2/5
posting-2/7
when-1/8
his-1/9
cat's-1/10
sitting-2/12
on-1/13
the-1/14
return-2/16
key. 1/17
Lovely Haiku.
In fact it has exactly 17 syllables.
i can only count 16 syllables.
Not that Im trying to start a fight, but I keep recounting, and I keep getting 17.
The first digit is the number of syllables of that word. The second is the cumulative total of syllables after you add in that word.
Ah, I see what's happening. The number of syllables depends on how people pronounce things, and there are a great many accents and dialects in the world so there's a lot of variation there.
I think "stopped" perhaps can have either one or two syllables ?
I would say the word all in one syllable, but I think perhaps you might pronounce it something like "suh-topped" ( ? ) , in which case it would have two syllables.
Really, english language Haiku / Senryu are always going to be a bit approximate regarding syllables.... both for that reason, and also because technically Haiku/Senryu should contain 17 'morai', or "on" ... which are similar to syllables, and refer to the units of Japanese writing/pronunciation.
For example, the word "neko" in Japanese means "cat" , and it's written with two characters... "ne" and "ko" .... so technically, the word has two "on" .... however in english "cat" is only spoken with one syllable.
So to sum things up, I think there can be some leeway regarding the exact number of syllables in an english language Haiku or Senryu poem. If a person aims to have 17 syllables in their own pronunciation, then I think it should be fine if their poem seems to have one or two fewer (or more) syllables to other people.
adhogday wrote:
I am sensing some non-verbal learning disability here..but that does not seem to affect either you or I..hmm..i wonder why...
Well you see the autism spectrum is so diverse..that some of us get the numbers and some of us don't..
Well you see the autism spectrum is so diverse..that some of us get the numbers and some of us don't..
If you seriously think that everybody who doesn't have the same accent as you has a "non-verbal learning disability" because you "sense that" , and if you're going to insist that they have a different accent due to "not getting the numbers" because of having issues with that relating to being autistic, then you need to have a good long think about how much of a presumptuous dick you are.
02 Nov 2013, 7:38 pm
