Is it a coincidence that "stream" and "extreme" are such similar sounding words?

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Two incredibly delightful sounding words in the ears of bargain hunters everywhere, and this year's episode promises to emphasize HDTVs more than ever.

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The nine-year-old who has trouble sounding out simple words and his classmate who is reading A Tale of Two Cities for fun sit in the same classroom day after miserable day, the one so frustrated by tasks he cannot do and the other so bored that both are near tears.

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"I always hated my accent growing up, often trying to over-enunciate words to prevent sounding like the people around me, " she remembers.

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Others groped around for forms of words that were kind without sounding effusive.

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