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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

isn't the last line 6 syllables? "Ruins" is two.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Where I'm from, we just pronounced it one syllable

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Depends on the accent really

But you could also say that word ruins his Haiku

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

A Sokku if you will.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Depends on dialect. Many people pronounce ruins similar to 'runes'.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

LMAO im a silly goose

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

They're wrong, but it happens.