# Haiku Madness **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 22, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955 "2010-02-22T07:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 67
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1321 "2010-04-07T12:31:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I protest! I just counted again, and it’s 5-7-5. The word ‘style’, I’m afraid, has but a single syllable. > [@](#): > > How To Find Syllables: > > ``` > * Count the number of vowels (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y) in the word. > * Subtract any silent vowels (like the silent 'e' at the end of a word). > * Subtract 1 vowel from every diphthong. > * The number you are left with should be the number of (syllables) in the word. > > ``` [cite](http://www.howmanysyllables.com/howtocountsyllables.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1322 "2010-04-07T12:34:41Z")
Fair game for my boy Checkers, yes. But surely not That Haiku Madness ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1323 "2010-04-07T12:58:09Z")
That Haiku Madness A really brutal disease But rarely fatal ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1324 "2010-04-07T12:59:58Z")
But rarely fatal is it to say “style” with two syllables, friends. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1325 "2010-04-07T13:28:16Z")
two syllables, friends, if you pronounce it “fry-ends” Fry-ends with sty-ull ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1326 "2010-04-07T14:54:01Z")
Fry-ends with sty-ull Are never quite as fun as Friends with benefits ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1327 "2010-04-07T16:01:22Z")
Friends with benefits Have good dental insurance Paid vacations, too ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1328 "2010-04-07T16:04:09Z")
Paid vacations too to exotic locations Caribbean Isles ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1329 "2010-04-07T16:20:50Z")
Now I’m gunshy… but when I say “Caribbean Isles,” it has six syllables. Caribbean isles clear blue waters, warm white sands hey, let’s go there now! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1330 "2010-04-07T16:25:34Z")
Hey, let’s go there now The Bermuda Triangle Great vacation spot ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1331 "2010-04-07T16:58:24Z")
Great vacation spot? I expected something else [Bikini Island](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1332 "2010-04-07T17:17:23Z")
Bikini Island a real “hot” spot, I tell ya not because of babes. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1333 "2010-04-07T17:56:00Z")
Not because of babes but because of babies I won’t go some places ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1334 "2010-04-07T18:36:29Z")
Won’t go some places Might go to other places Will go to the loo ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1335 "2010-04-07T19:20:11Z")
“Will go to the 'loo,” said Napoleon, but he would soon regret it. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1336 "2010-04-07T19:50:57Z")
Would soon regret it But smashing my damn printer Just might be worth it ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1337 "2010-04-07T19:58:11Z")
Just might be worth it For us all to learn how to Count the syllables (I keed, I keed) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1338 "2010-04-07T20:00:48Z")
Count the syllables? Of course we must, slaves to the 5-7-5 rule. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1339 "2010-04-07T20:01:21Z")
Count the syllables in English, not some other godless gibberish 5-7-5 rule despite pronunciation, misspelling often ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1340 "2010-04-07T20:04:44Z")
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