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Old September 5th 04, 06:21 PM
Howard Lester
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"Paul Lawler" wrote

I'd always said TRIH-fid to myself, but TRY-fid makes more sense if
maybe it refers to a partition into three.


You might sound funny at the ballpark if you yelled, "Look at that! A TRY-
ple play!"


Maybe so, but if you've studied English in this country as long as I have,
you know that the language is not exactly straightforward in either spelling
or pronunciation!

Howard




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