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From: mag@whuxlm.UUCP (Gray Michael A)
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Subject: Re: Long words (two 9-letter one-syllable words)
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Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 20:23:20 EST
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> 
> Now let me propose one...
> What is the shortest three-syllable word?  I could think of several
> five-letter words, but was reduced to proper names to find a 4-letter
> word.
> 
> Bill Stoll, ..!whuxlm!wws
> 
How about "area"?  and "aria"?

Here's another question:  Regarding cursive writing, what is the longest
word that can be written without a looped letter above or below the line?
An old copy of a Ripley's Believe It or Not claimed that there was a
tie between "reconnaissance" and "commissionaire", both 14 letters,
but I thought of a 15-letter one, in everyday use.

Mike Gray