What is a haiku?
It's a Japanese poem With twelve syllables. Originally, These were meant to be funny. The name reflects that. At first, the word was Haikai no ku, defined as "a humorous verse". Both parts of that phrase Derive from Middle Chinese Where it's hard to trace. Now, the term haiku Came here in 1902; Use increased since then.
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AUTHORHello! I'm Adam Aleksic. This year, I graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Government and Linguistics. There, I co-founded the Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Society and wrote a thesis on Serbo-Croatian language policy, magna cum laude. In addition to etymology, I also really enjoy philosophy, trivia, vexillology, geography, board games, conlanging, art history, and law.
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