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How many syllables are in a sesquipedalian story?

This is a bit of a wordplay puzzle!

* Sesquipedalian means using long words.

* Story is a word with two syllables.

So, a "sesquipedalian story" is a story told with a lot of long words. The number of syllables in the story itself would depend on the words used, but the term doesn't imply a specific syllable count.

It's a fun way to think about the length of words and the impact they have on a story!

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