Haiku Madness

[Mean_Mr.Mustard]

@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.

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[Mean_Mr.Mustard]

Fair game for my boy
Checkers, yes. But surely not
That Haiku Madness

[Uncle_Goat]

That Haiku Madness
A really brutal disease
But rarely fatal

[Elendil_s_Heir]

But rarely fatal
is it to say “style” with
two syllables, friends.

[palindromemordnilap]

two syllables, friends,
if you pronounce it “fry-ends”
Fry-ends with sty-ull

[Intergalactic_Gladiator]

Fry-ends with sty-ull
Are never quite as fun as
Friends with benefits

[Mean_Mr.Mustard]

Friends with benefits
Have good dental insurance
Paid vacations, too

[otternell]

Paid vacations too
to exotic locations
Caribbean Isles

[Elendil_s_Heir]

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!

[Intergalactic_Gladiator]

Hey, let’s go there now
The Bermuda Triangle
Great vacation spot

[palindromemordnilap]

Great vacation spot?
I expected something else
Bikini Island

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Bikini Island
a real “hot” spot, I tell ya
not because of babes.

[otternell]

Not because of babes
but because of babies I
won’t go some places

[Intergalactic_Gladiator]

Won’t go some places
Might go to other places
Will go to the loo

[Elendil_s_Heir]

“Will go to the 'loo,”
said Napoleon, but he
would soon regret it.

[Uncle_Goat]

Would soon regret it
But smashing my damn printer
Just might be worth it

[Mean_Mr.Mustard]

Just might be worth it
For us all to learn how to
Count the syllables

(I keed, I keed)

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Count the syllables?
Of course we must, slaves to the
5-7-5 rule.

[Uncle_Goat]

Count the syllables
in English, not some other
godless gibberish

5-7-5 rule
despite pronunciation,
misspelling often

[Elendil_s_Heir]

“Godless gibberish?”
sniffed the Cthulhu cultist.
“Shows how dumb you are!”