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"Aren't" is a contraction. It has ONE syllable.


Cor blimey!

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I'm scared of monkeys
Monkeys do only evil
Why do they chase me?

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Originally posted by shavixmir
And quite rightly so.

However, I'm still quite sure (although not positively sure) that a haiku should refer to one of the seasons.

I've tried to look it up and all I can find is that it's supposed to refer to nature to some degree.

mhmmmm mhmmmmm mhmmmmmm mhmmmmmm
Ponder this subject I will
mhmmmm mhmmmmm mhmmmmmm mhmmmmmm

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And t ...[text shortened]... is probably the greatest blunder ever made in the forums. Dear Jesus, I should be shot for that.
From Chambers:

haiku and hokku noun (plural haiku or hokku)

1 a Japanese poem which consists of three lines of five, seven and five syllables, is usually comical or epigrammatic, and often incorporates a word or phrase that symbolizes one of the seasons.

2 an English imitation of this, such as Letters fluttering, over a garden of verbs, dictionary my spring.

ETYMOLOGY: 19c: Japanese, from hai amusement + ku verse.

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Originally posted by ark13
I'm scared of monkeys
Monkeys do only evil
Why do they chase me?
And the monkey falls
Slowly like the turning leaves
The monkey is dead.

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Look after your chimp
He may have scary teeth, yet
He means you no harm.

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Sing, sing, oh baboon!
You do nothing now but bark
And I'm bored with that.

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Originally posted by dottewell
Sing, sing, oh baboon!
You do nothing now but bark
And I'm bored with that.
Baboons do not bark.
Bosse de Nage will say "ha ha!"
But he will not sing.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Baboons do not bark.
Yes they do.

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Originally posted by dottewell
Yes they do.
Let's ask Bosse de Nage.
His reply will be "ha ha!"
Oh well, never mind.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
And isn't a haiku supposed to contain a reference to one of the 4 seasons?
Yes. To be technically correct haiku should contain 'kigo', which means "seasonal word". Bowmann is wrong.

skeeter

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Originally posted by skeeter
Yes. To be technically correct haiku should contain 'kigo', which means "seasonal word". Bowmann is wrong.

skeeter
Definition number 2. This time from the Oxford:

haiku Pl. same, -s.

L19. [Jap., abbrev. of haikai no ku unserious or comic verse.]

A short Japanese poem in three parts and usu. having 17 syllables; an English imitation of such a poem.


Bowmann is right.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
"Aren't" is a contraction. It has ONE syllable.


Cor blimey!
Tell me Dr. Bowmann, did you ever enter or win a spelling bee at any part during your life?
I believe this is why you are an expert in grammar and word function.

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Originally posted by TRAINS44
Tell me Dr. Bowmann, did you ever enter or win a spelling bee at any part during your life?
I believe this is why you are an expert in grammar and word function.
I've never been to America, Dr T.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
I've never been to America, Dr T.
Avoiding the question are we?

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Originally posted by zakkwylder
Avoiding the question are we?
Not at all. I believe my answer was sufficient.