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  2. From: jws5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JUSTIN WINSLOW SOLONYNKA)
  3. Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
  4. Subject: Re: 10 word complaint to the BBC
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan23.034740.37341@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
  6. Date: 23 Jan 93 03:47:40 GMT
  7. Organization: Lehigh University
  8. Lines: 15
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  10. (Richard Salter) writes:
  11. >Dear BBC,
  12. >        I wish to complain about 10 word stories.
  13. >Alright to technically BBC is three words but who's counting.
  14. >
  15. >Happy Halibut II
  16.  
  17. And technically, "all right" is two words, but who's counting?
  18.  
  19. I had a teacher who claimed that "no one" was spelled as one word:
  20. "noone".  Which is ridiculous.  "Noone" is lunchtime served with a
  21. silent vowel.
  22.  
  23. sol
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