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At 06:09 PM 4/12/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>my grandmother used to quiz me with
them<br>
in my youth, spelling something aloud, but pausing to create the
effect<br>
of a misplaced line break. My favorite example was always Toot<br>
Hache, which when thus syllabically divided, sounds like a toot in
the<br>
act of hatching.</blockquote><br>
And my father's favorite (an English schoolboy example, of course) is the
inscription found on an ancient Roman earthenware vessel:<br><br>
<div align="center">thisis<br>
apis<br>
spotanda<br>
bigone<br><br>
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Geoff</body>
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<div>Geoffrey S. Nathan <geoffnathan@wayne.edu></div>
<div>Faculty Liaison, Computing and Information Technology</div>
<div>Associate Professor, Department of English</div>
<div>Wayne State University</div>
<div>Detroit, MI, 48202</div>
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<div>C&IT Phone: +313 577-1259</div>
<div>English Phone: +313 577-8621</div>
FAX: +313 577-0404
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