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Why are there five syllables in the word “monosyllabic”?

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Steven Wright
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: December 6
Comedian
Film Director
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Steven Alexander Wright
Funny
Monosyllabic
Syllables
Humor
Five
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