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Subject:Re: TIEBREAKER NEEDED: What do you call this? From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Thu, 20 Jul 1995 11:46:02 MST
I wrote-->
> I'm sticking with my original vote, which was contraction, to
> describe how the word "bit" was formed. But I believe "bit" can
> no stand on its own as a *word*.
^^
Gremlins. It's gotta be gremlins. My mind did not type that
"no" even if my fingers did. It shouldn't be there. "Bit" *can*
stand on its own as a *word*.
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