FIVE PRINCIPLES TO READING MONOSYBLE 1) each character = one syllable (see#5) 2) a unit may be broken into two halves, upper & lower 3) largest letter in unit is to be read first 4) smaller upper letter is read befor larger lower letter 5) a line bi-secting a character indicates 2 or more syllables occupying one character Mon/o/syb/le (mono <Gk.<monos, single, alone--syble refers to: 1. syllable<Gk. sullable<sullambanein, to combine in pronunciation 2. sibyl<Gk.<sibulla. a woman prophet 3. syble< in american pop lexicon, to have multiple personalities.) In a nut shell Monosyble means one and many characters. homebio