At 11:39 AM 4/16/98 -0400, you wrote:
>What is a word?

One of several, arbitrarily but conventionally realized units of meaning, a
string or other arrangement of visible or tangible symbolic characters or
auditory references organized to recall or elicit and then to characterize a
common experience of a shared or mutually understood event or act or idea...
Why do you ask?
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