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11-25-2006, 05:33 AM
ShoutGrace

Well, what should we do about it? Maybe we should take a poll! Have people vote as to whether or not my haiku is valid - see if there is anybody out there who would be willing to try to use it, assuming that it can be pronounced with just one syllable?
11-25-2006, 05:44 AM
Laindessiel

Haha! I'll just ask Mr. Webster about it. Don't worry. Wait a sec. :)
11-25-2006, 05:45 AM
ShoutGrace

Well, after that's done, then I think we might need to have a little talk.
11-25-2006, 05:46 AM
Laindessiel

Right. Mr. Webster pronounces it as "TOH-wards".

So I guess you'll just have to make another one!

(Without the word "towards? Hihihihihi....) ;)
11-25-2006, 05:55 AM
ShoutGrace

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary

1 also to·wards /'tO-&rdz, 'to(-&)rdz/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dictionary.com

to‧ward /prep. tɔrd, toʊrd, təˈwɔrd, twɔrd, twoʊrd; adj. tɔrd, toʊrd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[prep. tawrd, tohrd, tuh-wawrd, twawrd, twohrd; adj. tawrd,

Quote:

Originally Posted by American Heritage Dictionary

PRONUNCIATION: tôrdz, trdz, t-wôrdz

1.) Do you have speakers so you can listen to both?

2.) Even given the fact that 'towards' is necessarily pronounced with two syllables, which it clearly is not, it isn't considered very polite to point these things out - I've finished several haikus that had syllabic discrepancies.

I do thank you for your concern.

I'm going to repost my haiku here:

They charge with vigor -
Running towards their lives so fast,
Then trip, crawl towards graves.
11-25-2006, 06:03 AM
dramasnot6

oooo nice haiku, creative take on mine:D

Then trip, crawl towards graves.
Those foxholes, forever deep
Muskets like shovels
11-25-2006, 06:10 AM
Laindessiel

Oh, okay. Please don't get mad. I know you are a Haiku Great, I've read your entries and Toni likes you a lot.

I "corrected" your entry because I "thought" that it was wrong and so we can't continue doing it if it remains that way. I "just thought" that it was wrong, alright? Please don't get mad.

I've listened to the word and it was pronounced like "TOH-wards" when I first heard it but "tords" when I thought about the word contains just 1 syllable. And I live in Asia so there are pronunciation differences in this part of the world as compared in the West. But now I realized that IT is "TAWRDS".

Right. I hope everything is settled and I hope you are not mad at me. The correcting thing is second nature to me because I'm the eldest in the family and my siblings are recipients of it.

Haiku entry:

Then trip, crawl towards graves.
Begging for a man's pity
For her little err.
11-25-2006, 08:57 AM
RobinHood3000

For her little err,
Soldiers seek to bury her
Muskets like shovels.

I enjoy these little mix-ups. Makes for an interesting challenge.
11-25-2006, 11:35 AM
Pensive

Muskets like shovels
Placed on my red table
Look not really good.
11-25-2006, 11:46 AM
toni

Looks not really good
When Rainbowed lies and Romance
Recline side by side

Hello, dear Pensy!:lol:
11-25-2006, 01:30 PM
Riesa

Recline side by side
stupored by sun and the pure
haze of laziness
11-25-2006, 02:14 PM
Pensive

Haze of laziness
Does not let me work at all
I am feeling dead.

Hi Toni! :)
11-25-2006, 07:46 PM
Shalot

I am feeling dead
Void of frenzied lights dripping
Musical color
11-25-2006, 11:15 PM
toni

Musical color
Paralyzes crumpled fears
Midnight sun is up
11-25-2006, 11:17 PM
dramasnot6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laindessiel

Oh, okay. Please don't get mad. I know you are a Haiku Great, I've read your entries and Toni likes you a lot.

I "corrected" your entry because I "thought" that it was wrong and so we can't continue doing it if it remains that way. I "just thought" that it was wrong, alright? Please don't get mad.

I've listened to the word and it was pronounced like "TOH-wards" when I first heard it but "tords" when I thought about the word contains just 1 syllable. And I live in Asia so there are pronunciation differences in this part of the world as compared in the West. But now I realized that IT is "TAWRDS".

Right. I hope everything is settled and I hope you are not mad at me. The correcting thing is second nature to me because I'm the eldest in the family and my siblings are recipients of it.

Haiku entry:

Then trip, crawl towards graves.
Begging for a man's pity
For her little err.

why did u ignore my haiku?
thanks again for saving the last line robinhood, defender of the poor and haiku victims?:D

Musical color
Flutes weave with players sweet breath
Talentless spider