<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 12/3/2003 6:37:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, dhenwood@panix.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">>monosyllables<BR>
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...itself a five-syllable word.<BR>
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Doug<BR>
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whereas "one syllable words" also has 5 syllables with only modest improvement in clarity. <BR>
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"Uh. what's a syllable?"<BR>
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; ^0<BR>
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DC</FONT></HTML>