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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)
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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. :-)
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> 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.
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> http://oak.ucc.nau.edu/tn24/syllable/exkey.html
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> "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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