>-----Original Message-----
>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 23 August 2005 13:10
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [OT] For the pedants amonst us
>
>
>Russell,
>
>On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:43:42 +1200, Russell McMahon wrote:
>
>> What's the 6 letter English word that Americans shorten to 3 
>letters? 
>> (There may well be many such, but this one doesn't fit through my 
>> euphony filters).
>
>Oh you are a tease!  The only one that springs to mind is "fitted".

'fit' is a perfectly good verb,  though Russel didn't mention which participle irked him so much ;)

"I only fit that last week"

Mike

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