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Re:Efficient Parallelization of an Ubiquitous Sequential Com... by loxias on Thursday December 07, 2023 @01:21PM (#38559821)
> I bet the real rule is some reality about feasibility of pronunciation

YUP! Sorry I don't have a good citation handy, but lots of English grammar happens as a result of misaligned word boundaries. "napron" (from the French naperon) became "an apron". Orange (from the Arabic naranj)... "an ewt" became "a newt". etc.

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