Six-Word Memoirs "Smith" asked dozens of writers "famous and obscure" to compose six-word memoirs; they wanted wordsmiths, old and new, to capture the essence of romance in half a dozen words. Press for this second book included a second appearance on "Talk of the Nation". The book also spent some time on Entertainment Weekly's "Must List". Released September 1, 2009, "I Can't Keep My Own Secrets—Six-Word Memoirs by Teens: Famous & Obscure," was the first "Six-Word Memoir" book devoted entirely to teenagers. "Smith" launched "Smith" Teens in June 2008. Soon after, it became a destination for teenagers to reveal their biggest secrets,
Three letter rule and "ka". Carney calls such words "exceptions which prove the rule, clearly marked as exotic by the spelling". Three letter rule In English spelling, the three letter rule (or short word rule) is the observation that one- and two-letter words tend to be function words such as "I", "at", "he", "if", "of", "or", etc. As a consequence of the rule, "content words" tend to have at least three letters. In particular, content words containing fewer than three phonemes may be augmented with letters which are phonetically redundant, such as "ebb, "add, "egg, "inn, "bee, "awe, "buy", "owe", etc. Many content