January Haiku Contest: Discussion Thread.

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Aha, you're right, Bear... Fixed it.
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Mix(1) them(2) up(3) to(4)geth(5)er(6), just(7) so(8)
brings(1) a(2) blush(3) to(4) my(5) fro(6)zen(7) cheeks(8)
MrBishop: Your middle lines, in both entries, are 8 syllables.
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midgetshrimp wrote:
Mix(1) them(2) up(3) to(4)geth(5)er(6), just(7) so(8)
brings(1) a(2) blush(3) to(4) my(5) fro(6)zen(7) cheeks(8)
MrBishop: Your middle lines, in both entries, are 8 syllables.
And two (three) entries are against the rules, too...
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Erm we already told him that, not four posts ago... /:)
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Bear wrote:Erm we already told him that, not four posts ago... /:)
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Azrael wrote:one, two, three, four, five
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, e...
leven, twelve, thirteen
=)) I remember seeing that somewhere too... Brill!
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5-7-6
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Azrael wrote:one,(1) two,(2) three,(3) four,(4) five(5)
six,(1) sev(2)en,(3) eight,(4) nine,(5) ten,(6) e...(7)
lev(1)en,(2) twelve,(3) thir(4)teen(5)
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'Doh! I read 12 as 2 syllables...
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Actually, in some dialects it is, but the so-called "Standard American English" (note: there is no such thing) has it at one syllable. (I won't comment on non-American forms of English, being non-expert on them.)
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I feel sort of silly asking this, but how do you vote? :-\
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Libertarian, much of the time. :D

The voting hasn't started to my knowledge.
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Pneumonica wrote:Libertarian, much of the time. :D

The voting hasn't started to my knowledge.
lawl :D

Ah ok, I read the time brackets incorrectly...never mind then :p
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dont kill me if I got the syllable counting wrong :p
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