Breaking doubled consonants into syllables (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> -
> If it is to be parsed the way we speak, then in my mind it would be
spe-lling
> because the way we speak is in consonant-vowel pairs.

Whaddaya mean "we", kemosabe?  I say it "spel-ling".
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