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Re^2: My favorite silent English letter is:

by tye (Sage)
on Feb 29, 2012 at 14:05 UTC ( [id://956939]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


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adj.   Having the character of water in the lungs due to mono.

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Re^3: My favorite silent English letter is:
by wrog (Friar) on Mar 01, 2012 at 01:15 UTC
    I'm pretty sure that's still pneumonic

      Did you work at Sikorsky in the 1980s? It seems to have been the preferred spelling there, to the point of my being admonished for using the correct spelling after showing them the entry in the dictionary


      Information about American English usage here and here. Floating point issues? Please read this before posting. — emc

        No.

        And now I'm wondering,... how does the subject of water in the lungs even come up at a helicopter company?

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