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Post by Goblin King on Apr 28, 2006 20:50:22 GMT
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Post by Count Überquart on Apr 28, 2006 21:13:59 GMT
Spank Spankety-Spank
As a ranger I shall Spank
At Spanking Sun-Runs.
;D
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Post by lollipop on Jun 1, 2006 17:09:18 GMT
Any more haikus a-coming?
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Post by Goblin King on Jun 1, 2006 23:39:31 GMT
Clo-ji-o perverts
Whilst in role as a ranger
Obsessed with spanking
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Post by Count Überquart on Jun 2, 2006 6:41:16 GMT
Indeed ;D
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Post by dratsucalex on Jun 21, 2006 19:35:20 GMT
i still can't do it...
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Post by Goblin King on Jun 22, 2006 22:25:48 GMT
Maybe that's a good thing, like not being able to do Suduko.  |
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Post by Count Überquart on Jun 23, 2006 7:55:16 GMT
Sudoku.
Sudoku is hard.
I'd put it into a haiku, but it's not worthy.
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Post by Goblin King on Jun 23, 2006 17:03:23 GMT
You lied!! ;D
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For Alex:
Write / five / bits / of / words /
Then / sev/en / on / the / next / line
Five / a/gain / Hai/ku!
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Post by dratsucalex on Jun 23, 2006 19:35:52 GMT
syllables? i cant do that...
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Post by ♥ Love Stoned ♥ on Jun 23, 2006 20:30:25 GMT
Clap as you say it. Syl (thats one clap) a (Thats another) bles (And the last!) Can you tell I'cve been working with reception this week  |
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Post by Count Überquart on Jun 23, 2006 21:33:25 GMT
Just as well  |
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Post by lollipop on Jun 24, 2006 14:36:12 GMT
And don't mention diphthongs |
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Post by dratsucalex on Jun 24, 2006 14:50:16 GMT
hehe thongs.
immaturity! ;D
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Post by Count Überquart on Jun 24, 2006 17:13:41 GMT
*remembers a conversation I once had with GK about dipthongs* ;D Haha.
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Post by dratsucalex on Jun 24, 2006 19:33:42 GMT
what are dipthongs?
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Post by Goblin King on Jun 27, 2006 18:14:25 GMT
Ha ha thongs. ;D
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Dipthongs:
Us and the Dutch use them a lot.
Two vowel sounds next to each other.
pe-ople "pee-a -pul"
whe-el "wee-ull
The question is ... how many syllables are there in "people"? It could be 2 of 3, and that screws up the syllables per line count in Haikus - or makes them more interesting depending on your point of view.
(5) Pee-pul are clever
(7) I think dipthongs confuse me
(5) Pee-op-ull are smart
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Post by lollipop on Jun 29, 2006 16:31:03 GMT
I don't think people is a very good example - who says it as 3 syllables?? Or do I not socialise with the 'right' kind of people? Nice illustrative haiku there though GK! "Everything" (do you say it "ev'rything"?) is my personal favourite for this grammar point |
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Post by Goblin King on Jun 30, 2006 0:06:26 GMT
I guess "wealthy" and "people" are both examples of Anglo-Saxon non-Latin words, which always made me think of them as examples of dipthongs (Anglo-Saxon poetry relies on the dipthongs) - although yes, they are a bit too subtle. But they contain dipthongs precisely because they come from Central-Northern Europe (Dutch area). The manipulation and abbreviation of words like "everything" by Shakespeare is fundamental to appreciating they cheating, matching and breaking up of meter, and that iambic penta-thingymajig. So it's a great poetic example, along with 'till and all sorts other words with compounded suffixes and prefixes ('d) - although I can't remember any off hand. The question is ... was he actually imitating real speech patterns? (This happens a lot in the work his contemporary John Ford - whose scripts are easier to read and listen to with a modern ear - blah blah ... *flashbacks to drama degree...*) I like "free-form" Haikus (those not following strict classical rules) - I'm sure I have read that there are no dipthongs in Japenese and so the syllable count matches the vowels exactly, so it's never an issue for them. Hence my curiosity with ... ooh yes ... cur-i-o-sity - lovely sing-songy word ... now where was I ...? *backs away, bowing to Lollipop's superior English teaching word crunching grammar awareness* Alex, don't worry, you clearly don't want or need to compose Haikus at this time. ;D Perhaps we should run a limericks thread? Interesting ... fear is a dipthong too... |
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Post by lollipop on Jul 3, 2006 17:36:17 GMT
Limericks thread a great idea!
Actually I wish the Chinese kids had asked me complicated grammar questions. They didn't though.
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Post by Goblin King on Jul 5, 2006 19:16:46 GMT
Grammar is scary!
The prepositional what?
Adjective noun - Eh?!
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Post by dratsucalex on Jul 11, 2006 16:52:33 GMT
uh?
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Post by Goblin King on Jul 11, 2006 20:19:02 GMT
Yes, good point "Uh?" would work better than "Eh?" |
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Post by dratsucalex on Jul 12, 2006 15:06:22 GMT
you said eh in the thing...being different.  |
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Post by ♥ Love Stoned ♥ on Jul 13, 2006 16:42:34 GMT
I'm eating ice cream It is walls strawberry split I like ice lollies |
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Post by dratsucalex on Jul 13, 2006 18:03:21 GMT
lovely
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Post by Goblin King on Jul 13, 2006 18:56:08 GMT
I likes it Shimmer. |
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Post by ♥ Love Stoned ♥ on Jul 14, 2006 15:51:48 GMT
Thats the kind of mature, year 10 poetry I come up with.
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Post by Count Überquart on Jul 14, 2006 16:45:36 GMT
I had hot choccie
Sugar and cream made it good
Yay for cadburys.
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Post by Goblin King on Jul 14, 2006 16:55:26 GMT
;D Sweets obsessional Ice creams and summer sorbets Smiles and sticky hands.  |
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