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To: Lane3 who wrote (597)9/6/2002 5:50:25 PM
From: marcos  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1293
 
Four syllables bad, two syllables good

.. perhaps ... bear with me, this concept is developing directly in the typing process ...

ro-mans
eng-lish
ger-mans
i-rish
scots <- well here they really clip it out short and sweet don't they
chi-nese
rush-uns
can-ucks <- as opposed to can-EH-juns, choose to fit verse
nic-ar-a-güen-se <- some run to five, bit presumptuous that maybe

You could have a contest ... it should be melodic, roll off the tongue naturally, i quite agree .... estadounidense is admittedly an ample seven syllables, but being latino sounds they flow like barrels of pork over a DC dam, smoothly and at an impressive velocity, you might consider them

[edit] - one advantage, is that way you've got seven out of seventeen nailed down already for haiku -

they wanted to say
estadounidense
but gringo tongues can't