Here are the guidelines for getting stuff on the whatever thing:
1 Anything should be submitted to [email protected] - it's just too time consuming to go through the forums and find everything that people have written.
2 If you write a haiku, it will be read by me. If you record yourself we will play that file. The more rofly it is the greater likelyhood of being in the vid.
Get creative with how you say 'whatever'. Again, if it makes us rofl, it is much more likely to be played.
3 I want to try to do a q&a, so send in questions also. Right now there are no guidlines. Basically, if I want to answer your question, I will do so. It can be about absolutely anything. These don't have to be funny.
Possibly more updates to this post to come. Possibly not.
Guidelines For Submissions
It's not a meaning difference I'm talking about, I'm talking legibility.
Is more easy on the eyes of the reader than:
Why did your uncle need help jacking off a horse anyway? I thought that was his job.
Legible wrote:Again, if it makes us rofl, it is much more likely to be played. I want to try to do a q&a, so send in questions also. Right now there are no guidelines. Basically, if I want to answer your question, I will do so. It can be about absolutely anything. These don't have to be funny. Possibly more updates to this post to come. Possibly not.
Is more easy on the eyes of the reader than:
Illegible wrote:again, if it makes us rofl, it is much more likely to be played. i want to try to do a q&a, so send in questions also. right now there are no guidelines. basically, if i want to answer your question, i will do so. it can be about absolutely anything. these don't have to be funny. possibly more updates to this post to come. possibly not.
Why did your uncle need help jacking off a horse anyway? I thought that was his job.
Simmemann wrote:I have read wikipedia, listened to the one in the last episode, read about it in my norwegian schoolbook, but i still don't understand haikus. And because i dont understand them, i cant write one, then again i cant give you one. Makes me sad
Haiku are a type of non-rhyming poem. Instead of rhyme, the important part of the poem is syllables.
The first line of the poem must have five syllables.
The second has seven.
The last has five.
For example:
El-Ar-Ar, my love, (five syllables)
will you join me in a dance? (seven)
Oh... not tangible. (five again)
"...so he turns to me, and he says 'Why so serious?' He puts the blade in my mouth, and says 'Why so serious?
Let's put a smile on that face!'"
Let's put a smile on that face!'"
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I am somehow under the impression that, traditionally, they were marked out by the number of characters per line, rather than syllables, which are alien to most East Asian languages.
Also, I believe they were solely about nature, and, while they all exhibit the same symmetry, I think they can be in formats other than 5-7-5.
That would make the Western haiku kind of a bastardization of the original format, but the closest approximation which can exist in roman-style writing.
Also, I believe they were solely about nature, and, while they all exhibit the same symmetry, I think they can be in formats other than 5-7-5.
That would make the Western haiku kind of a bastardization of the original format, but the closest approximation which can exist in roman-style writing.
Señor Rodrigo wrote:I am somehow under the impression that, traditionally, they were marked out by the number of characters per line, rather than syllables, which are alien to most East Asian languages.
Also, I believe they were solely about nature, and, while they all exhibit the same symmetry, I think they can be in formats other than 5-7-5.
That would make the Western haiku kind of a bastardization of the original format, but the closest approximation which can exist in roman-style writing.
It's actually more complicated than that, because Japanese tends to have a higher syllable-to-meaning ratio than English, so English haiku can express far more concepts than Japanese. Traditional Japanese haiku have certain rules that have to be followed, including the use of a special type of word.
Fortunately, Western haiku aren't bound by those strictures.
"...so he turns to me, and he says 'Why so serious?' He puts the blade in my mouth, and says 'Why so serious?
Let's put a smile on that face!'"
Let's put a smile on that face!'"
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Melendwyr wrote:It's actually more complicated than that, because Japanese tends to have a higher syllable-to-meaning ratio than English
Yes, I used to be fairly fluent, so I was aware of that.
Melendwyr wrote:Traditional Japanese haiku have certain rules that have to be followed, including the use of a special type of word
This I was not aware of.
Señor Rodrigo wrote:This I was not aware of.
Not only is the theme traditionally natural, but there has to be a "seasonal" word in the haiku. I am not certain what qualifies words as potentially viable, but I'm not versed in the art of constructing traditional Japanese poetry.
"...so he turns to me, and he says 'Why so serious?' He puts the blade in my mouth, and says 'Why so serious?
Let's put a smile on that face!'"
Let's put a smile on that face!'"
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Graham wrote:It's not a meaning difference I'm talking about, I'm talking legibility.
quote="Illegible"]again, if it makes us rofl, it is much more likely to be played. i want to try to do a q&a, so send in questions also. right now there are no guidelines. basically, if i want to answer your question, i will do so. it can be about absolutely anything. these don't have to be funny. possibly more updates to this post to come. possibly not.
Shouldn't "rofl" be capitalized since it's an acronym?
Just curious.
-chrispy
No. "Rofl: was officially added to the English language recently.
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