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From: dinitz@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: What is a vowel, anyway? - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 27-Oct-83 22:45:40 EST
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uicsl!dinitz    Oct 27 12:25:00 1983

It is interesting to note that words like schism, rhythm and spasm lose the
non-orthographic syllable when suffixes are added to produce schismatic,
rhythmic and spasmodic.  I forget hte technical name for this -- does anyone
out there remember?