There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that nearly every writer uses, of inserting at least one long, obscure word into each story. This makes the reader think that the man is very wise and clever. So I have the machine do the same thing. There'll be a whole stack of long words stored away just for this purpose." Where?" In the 'word-memory' section, " he said, epexegetically. . Roald Dahl
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What is Bohlen referring to? A word is something that can be spoken out of the mouth. It is a collection of letters that are connected together by spaces or through special signs called vowels or consonants. A memory is a place where things are stored. The memory of Bohlen's machine stores letters which are connected together through spaces or through special signs called vowels or consonants.

Source: The Collected Short Stories Of Roald Dahl

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