[Ads-l] Accretion

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:20 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There are several words that seem to accumulate extra syllables on regular
> basis. "Emphathetically" is a new one for me.
>

I’ve heard "washamateria," "[Pontiac] Gran Capri," and "windowshield."
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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