LNHY: Ten Word Masterpiece Theater #16

[Jamas Enright]

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Martin Phipps wrote:

> Tom Russell wrote:
>> Martin Phipps wrote:
>>>
>>> Is a contraction (can't) one word or two?
>>
>> One.
>
> I've always counted it as two which is why I get pissed off at the Bon
> Jovi song that goes "I'll be there for you.  These five words I say to
> you.  If you breathe I want to be the air for you."  If a contraction
> is two words then I count six words in "I'll be there for you".  It's

I used Microsoft to count for Drabble Girl. ;)

I also recall Weird Al's song "This song's just six words long," although 
it sure sounds like he's singing "This song is just six words long" which, 
of course, isn't.


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