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From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] blanks in file names
Date: Fri,  5 Jul 2002 14:52:39 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1020705145010.233C-100000@einstein.ssz.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fb06a693e8493cb34c1789ecc48f769d@plan9.bell-labs.com>


On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, David Gordon Hogan wrote:

> >>>> Change space! Change the file delimiter!
> >>>> The shell will never recover.  The system will break.
> >>>> I will mourn.
> >>> 
> >>> Isn't a haiku supposed to have 17 syllables?
> >> 
> >> Some would dispute the imposition of such an absolute rule.
> > 
> > Is that why your message has only 16 syllables?
> 
> Word.

Actually only one style of Hiaku uses 17 'syllables' in Japanese. Not the
same thing as English 'syllables'. For an excellent discussion on this
point, and how to compensate for it...

The Haiku Handbook: How to write, share, and teach Haiku
W.J. Higginson, P. Harter
ISBN 4-7700-1430-9
$13 US

Enjoy!


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  reply	other threads:[~2002-07-05 19:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-05 19:21 David Gordon Hogan
2002-07-05 19:52 ` Jim Choate [this message]
2002-07-05 20:10 ` Mark Bitting
2002-07-05 19:52   ` [9fans] Haiku maaaaadness! Sam
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-07-15  4:03 [9fans] blanks in file names Geoff Collyer
2002-07-15 14:53 ` Jack Johnson
2002-07-21 19:52   ` Dave
2002-07-21 19:47 ` Dave
2002-07-14 18:28 rob pike, esq.
2002-07-11 23:56 okamoto
2002-07-11  8:39 Geoff Collyer
2002-07-14 18:13 ` Dave
2002-07-11  5:50 okamoto
2002-07-11  1:41 anothy
     [not found] ` <"anothy@cosym.net"@Jul>
2002-07-11  6:47   ` Dave
2002-07-10 18:27 David Gordon Hogan
2002-07-10 20:56 ` arisawa
2002-07-10  8:00 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-07-09  7:54 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-07-09  1:08 okamoto
2002-07-08 23:19 David Gordon Hogan
2002-07-08 23:30 ` Dave
2002-07-08 20:22 rob pike, esq.
2002-07-08 21:21 ` Dave
2002-07-08 23:27   ` Dan Cross
2002-07-08 23:30     ` Dan Cross
2002-07-08 12:18 forsyth
     [not found] ` <"forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk"@Jul>
2002-07-08 20:42   ` Dave
2002-07-08  8:59 Fco.J.Ballesteros
     [not found] ` <Fco.J.Ballesteros@Jul>
2002-07-08 20:18   ` Dave
2002-07-09 15:23   ` Dave
2002-07-10 16:02   ` Dave
2002-07-10 20:59     ` FJ Ballesteros
2002-07-10 21:51       ` Dave
2002-07-10 22:22         ` Dan Cross
2002-07-10 23:01           ` Dave
2002-07-11  2:00             ` Dan Cross
2002-07-11  6:14               ` Dave
2002-07-11  6:38                 ` Lucio De Re
2002-07-14 18:00                   ` Dave
2002-07-11 13:14                 ` arisawa
2002-07-12 12:28                   ` arisawa
2002-07-11 16:23                 ` Dan Cross
2002-07-11 10:43             ` Ish Rattan
2002-07-14 18:49               ` Dave
2002-07-08  0:38 Scott Schwartz
2002-07-07  5:59 Geoff Collyer
2002-07-05 18:26 Sape Mullender
2002-07-05 18:23 David Gordon Hogan
2002-07-05  1:21 okamoto
     [not found] <20020703160003.27491.58783.Mailman@psuvax1.cse.psu.edu>
2002-07-04 23:35 ` Andrew Simmons
2002-07-04 22:42   ` Sam
2002-07-04 22:44     ` Sam
2002-07-08 16:14   ` ozan s yigit
2002-07-04 12:26 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-07-04 12:20 forsyth
2002-07-04 11:37 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-07-04 11:36 rog
2002-07-04  9:50 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-07-04  9:41 forsyth
2002-07-04  8:31 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-07-04  8:22 forsyth
2002-07-04  7:53 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-07-04  7:47 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-07-04  6:34 forsyth
2002-07-04  7:39 ` Lucio De Re
2002-07-04  9:32   ` Nikolai SAOUKH
2002-07-03  8:00 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-07-03 12:00 ` Lucio De Re
2002-07-03 19:39   ` rob pike, esq.
2002-07-07  4:02     ` Dave
2002-07-07  5:17       ` arisawa
     [not found]         ` <"arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp"@Jul>
2002-07-07  5:38           ` Dave
2002-07-07  6:04             ` arisawa
2002-07-07  7:16               ` arisawa
2002-07-07 16:11           ` Dave
2002-07-07 16:12           ` Dave
2002-07-10 21:58           ` Dave
2002-07-10 22:38             ` arisawa
2002-07-11  5:10           ` Dave
2002-07-14 18:32           ` Dave
2002-07-14 18:51             ` Jim Choate
2002-07-14 23:27             ` arisawa
2002-07-08  9:48       ` Boyd Roberts
2002-07-08 20:22         ` Dave
2002-07-09  8:24           ` Boyd Roberts
2002-07-09 15:25             ` Dave
2002-07-08 23:05         ` Berry Kercheval
2002-07-02 18:14 rog
2002-07-02 23:08 ` Dan Cross
2002-07-02 11:09 forsyth
2002-07-02 11:53 ` matt
2002-07-02 13:29   ` Boyd Roberts
2002-07-02 14:57     ` FJ Ballesteros
2002-07-02 16:23       ` Lucio De Re
2002-07-03 19:21       ` rob pike, esq.
2002-07-03 14:31         ` FJ Ballesteros
2002-07-02 18:28   ` plan9
2002-07-03 13:54     ` arisawa
2002-07-03 14:24       ` FJ Ballesteros
2002-07-03 19:40       ` rob pike, esq.
2002-07-03 22:10         ` arisawa
2002-07-04  8:30       ` Ralph Corderoy
2002-07-02  9:53 Fco.J.Ballesteros

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