[Ads-l] query on -s truncation

[Tom Zurinskas]

You might get a fail on comm if you trunc to much, imho.

Tom Zurinskas,  Originally SWConn 20 yrs,  college Tenn 3,  work NJ  33,  now FL 12.The need for truespel phonetics - http://justpaste.it/truespelnow 


 
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> Poster:       W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: query on -s truncation
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> LH:  <<I've been called "Lars" (/laerz/, not Norwegian-style /lars/), even
> by family members.>>
> WB:  Take it back 2,500 years to Lars Porsena, Etruscan harrier of ancient
> Rome, father of Aruns.
> Stray thought: Ultimate reduction: Superman > S.
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