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Thsrs

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Ernest Hemingway once wrote a story in six words, and claimed it was the best thing he ever wrote. None of the words was more that two syllables long.

If you’d like to write like Hemmingway, try “Thsrs”. It’s a thesaurus that only returns shorter, simpler words.

http://www.ironicsans.com/thsrs/

This entry was posted in Pen and Link, Writing on October 23, 2008 by Matthew M.

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