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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
> I never would have realised that "strengths" is quite an interesting word,
> having only one vowel but 4 syllables...... how cool is that????
I guess that's more artistic license - I could have sworn it only had 1...
But it DOES have 8 consonants and only 1 vowel, I guess there must be some merit
in that.
ROSCO
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| (...) Well that's funny Ross, Because NO, no poetic licence was used with that post.. I took that bit of info from that (URL) here> (near the bottom) Which incidentally is also the same place I learned my word of the day (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| (...) Apparently my poetry is too cryptic for some, so I will explain..... As you know, onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents......... So my reference to "onomonopoetic"....I felt, granted me, the poetic licence to pronounce (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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