Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site mhuxj.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!presley From: presley@mhuxj.UUCP (Joe Presley) Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: Words with letters/syllables ratio close to 1 Message-ID: <238@mhuxj.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 01:20:37 EST Article-I.D.: mhuxj.238 Posted: Mon Apr 22 01:20:37 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Apr-85 06:39:15 EST References: <286@mhuxh.UUCP> <246@wudma.UUCP> <742@whuxlm.UUCP> <744@whuxlm.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 6 How about some words whose ratio of letters to syllables is 1? For example, "area" = 4/3, "broughams" = 9. "Aa" gives a ratio of 1; are there longer words with a ratio of 1? -- Joe Presley (mhuxm!presley)