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The universe is shaped like an onion, an onion is shaped like the universe.
The earth is shaped like an onion.
An onion is shaped like the earth.
My mind is shaped like an onion, layers upon layers of memories.
My onion is shaped like my memories.
My redundancy of memory is shaped like my redundancy of memory,
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redundant words - redundant prefixes - redundant suffixes - redundant letters - redundant syllables - most of the English language is redundant.
Please, leave English out of this. The American language, now...

We have a perfectly good verb: burgle. This leads to a couple of nouns: burglar and burglary.

Americans start with burglar: verb, burglarize; noun, burglarization. I've even heard an American cop go full circle and generate the truly dreadful burglarizationer
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Consider Dr. Schund's Institute for Institutional Analysis. Its motto: "The answer lies within."

Triple redundacy is necessary. Wearing two watches can only tell you at least one is wrong if they disagree. Three watches can convey information.


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