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RE: Inaugural Haiku - Drunk Monk - 12-06-2022
(12-02-2022, 12:08 PM)King Bob Wrote: equal pauses between lines
I've always wondered about this with haiku. China has another poetic form where they pair couplets (or chengyu - which are usually 4 character set idioms). Couplets 'rhyme' but not in the way we think of rhyming in English. Remember Chinese is tonal, so they can rhyme tonally. It gives them an extra dimension when it comes to rhyme, poetry, and puns. This can work in several ways - the same word may rhyme with another word with the same mouth shape but different tones or the pattern of tones can rhyme. That's a gross oversimplification. Sometimes I can hear it. Other times, it's just a garbled mess. It used to drive me nuts because it is impossible to translate.
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Greg - 12-06-2022
Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers that smells bad.
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Drunk Monk - 12-06-2022
Are you sure your circuits are registering correctly? Your ears are green.
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Greg - 12-06-2022
What is that chirping I hear?
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Drunk Monk - 12-06-2022
Suffering, in torment and pain. Labouring without end.
RE: Inaugural Haiku - thatguy - 12-06-2022
(12-06-2022, 10:56 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Remember Chinese is tonal, so they can rhyme tonally. It gives them an extra dimension when it comes to rhyme, poetry, and puns. This can work in several ways - the same word may rhyme with another word with the same mouth shape but different tones or the pattern of tones can rhyme. That's a gross oversimplification. Sometimes I can hear it. Other times, it's just a garbled mess. It used to drive me nuts because it is impossible to translate.
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/fact-of-the-day-in-thai-the-phrase-mai-mai-mai-mai-mai-means-new-wood-doesnt-burn-does-it-each-mai-is--236298311678513812/
Quote:In Thai, the phrase "Mai mai mai mai mai" means “New wood doesn’t burn, does it?” – each "mai" is given a different tone when read aloud.
--tg
RE: Inaugural Haiku - King Bob - 12-06-2022
Also in Thai, a word for laughing sounds like five (I'm not sure if that's their word for five or the English one) so instead of LOL, they write 555
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Drunk Monk - 12-06-2022
Oh man, don't even get me started on Asian abbreviations.
For example the Chinese word for 3 is san. Sometimes instead of texting 'thank you' (or merely 'thx') some peeps at Tiger Claw used to text 3q (san - queue = thank you with an accent).
Ironically 555 in Chinese is 'wu wu wu' which can be texted to sound like crying. It's something you'd text if someone was being whiny. 555 is also considered a lucky number in Chinese culture, akin to 888.
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Greg - 12-06-2022
This rabbit hole will be deep.
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Drunk Monk - 12-07-2022
Down, down, down. Would the fall NEVER come to an end!
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Greg - 12-07-2022
When are you writing a book with that title?
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Greg - 12-09-2022
Bladder Awakens me
Again. Ceiling furnace roars
My dreams are so dumb
Rain falls during walk
Not due until tomorrow
Brain fills with Haikus
RE: Inaugural Haiku - King Bob - 12-09-2022
Nice.
RE: Inaugural Haiku - King Bob - 12-21-2022
Cold morning again.
A tiny sliver of moon.
The Winter Solstice.
RE: Inaugural Haiku - Greg - 12-21-2022
Nothing here but fog
Gray and cold for miles around
Bones ache from the damp