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From: presley@mhuxj.UUCP (Joe Presley)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: letters :: syllables ratio high or low
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Date: Fri, 25-May-84 23:12:05 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 25 23:12:05 1984
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This discussion of 'shit' being the longest single syllable word (if it is said
correctly) got me thinking of the game where you try to get the ratio of number
of letters (L) to syllables (S) at extremes.  E.g.,

    strengths = 9 (highest?)
    plague    = 6
    ague      = 2
    elegy     = 5/3
    aa        = 1
    a         = 1 (lowest)

The challenge, dear reader, is to find common words (> 3 letters) where L/S is
either high or low. 

PS.  'Aa' is a form of solidified lava.
PPS. The trivia question "what word of one syllable becomes two when letters
     are removed?" is answered above.
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		Joe Presley (ihnp4!j.presley)