For words beginning with a consonant, a vowel in partial harmony is added to the prefix (the corresponding short vowel or the first part of the diphthong in the root). 2. Definite articles are lost Many variations from expected sounds or spellings of course appear in texts and therefore in fee Encyclopedia entries. Such variations are chiefly caused by scribal or printer's errors, or dialectal ctiffwences. WE.M. GArtONT. -nurd planet of Niushe, noted in the Imperium for its hedonistic culture and exotic sexual practices. [Discoveries from the Raids Finds about the planet Gamont have been so widely publicized in the popular press that any details given here would be repetitious. Instead, we present not a different picture of Gamont, but the same picture seen from a different viewpoint. What follow are the relevant parts of portions of a diary discovered in the House Corrino records, transferred to Arrakis during the Atreides Imperium.-Ed.} Sabhaasdii, nAudrim 28: Cold and windy again today, but the laundry-room is always warm. Lots of sisters complain about Wallach's weather, but not me. My job is a blessing. 262 Shanmsdn, nAudrim 29 Entertainment tonight A very special dinner in honor of His Grace, Duke Phihppos from Gallann and his wife-a great lady, you could tell After supper in the Great Hall, his musicians played and our choir sang And that was very nice, but then I almost died' His Grace introduced his mentat-a fine-looking man, but tunic not well pressed-and asked him to very kindly favor us with a demonstration Well, the mentat looked right at me and asked me what I did, so I told him I was the head laundress Then he wrote something down on a piece of paper, and asked me to ask. him any question that 1 wanted Well, I don't know why, but the first thing popped into my head, and I said, "How many stars are in the Lyre Nebula?" Then he passed the note to Reverend Mother and asked her to read it out, and she did-it said "The number of stars in the Lyre Nebula is"-and then some big number Well, that didn't go over too well I mean, there was some polite applause, but mentats, after all' Jehansdu, nAudrtm 30 I think I figured it out, what the mentat did When 1 went to work this morning, I picked up the soap box and nght on the back there's this big ad for a contest "Name the Stars " And rt said, how many stars m the Lyre Nebula, and if you fill it out, you win a prize if you're nght And then I remembered that the mentat asked me what I did first, before anything 1 still have his paper for a souvenir I ought to send it in Serve him nght Phythsdu, neSfuustim J5.