Aside from one-syllable takes on the name Joseph, Guardiola and Heynckes don't have much in common, at least on the surface.

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Most are short, one-syllable nicknames that are quite common.

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Finally, note that there are just 14 words in the revised sentence, compared with 19 in the original, and that nine of them are one-syllable, three are two-syllable and two are three-syllable.

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They range from one-syllable shots like the Ace, the Deuce, the Dot and the Dart to names with mythological, military and poetic associations: the Argus, the Homer, the Colonel, the Scout, Eureka and Black Beauty.

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She starts her sentences up high, then swoops inexorably downward to the period, banging with a sledgehammer on the second syllable of every word that has one ("a-verrr-sion, " "Cammm-bohh-dee-ahh").

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