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Are Haikus not written in the correct format going to be disqualified?
And how is pronunciation going to work in terms of syllables?
Like, "HP" should read as two syllables since you hard pronounce both of the letters; some words can take either two or three syllables depending on pronunciation, as well.
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Ah, I also forgot to mention that conjugated words also have different syllable counts. Just because "do not" is two syllables, it does not mean that "don't" is two syllables. It is all about how a word rolls off of the tongue.