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Re: Primer
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Date: 
Sat, 8 Jan 2005 21:50:35 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> Janey Cook wrote:
> > I took that bit of info from that
> > <http://oak.ucc.nau.edu/tn24/syllable/syllabletext.html here>  (near the bottom)
> 
> Not that I want to get nit picky on a topic that pretty much run it's
> course...  But I will.  :-)
> 
> The table at the bottom of that page is a quiz, "strength" is the 4th
> question in the quiz.  If you follow the answers link you will see that
> "strength" is a 1 syllable word according to this site too.
> 
> http://oak.ucc.nau.edu/tn24/syllable/exkey.html
> 
> "1 -- strengths (This is the most complex monosyllabic word in English!
> It has three consonants before the vowel and four consonants after it.)"

LOL well apparently, whoever wrote that was smoking pot (but not inhaling much)
too, because I count FIVE consonants after the vowel...

ROSCO



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(...) Not that I want to get nit picky on a topic that pretty much run it's course... But I will. :-) The table at the bottom of that page is a quiz, "strength" is the 4th question in the quiz. If you follow the answers link you will see that (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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