Both words in one sentence
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Fun with Acronyms: One of Minamimoto's things is to say "SOHCAHTOA" (a mnemonic for basic trigonometric functions) out loud while reciting in the text some contrived statement that fits the acronym.
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And then there's Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica, a multi-volume opus intended to construct all of mathematics from the most basic of axioms (such as "every statement is either true or false").
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Basic Instructions once did a strip entitled "How to Pronounce 'Oregon'", including the statement "You can remember it by thinking 'I'll defend myself with a knife OR A GUN'" and claiming that the "OR-eh-GONE" pronunciation was wrong.
Source: It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY
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