Ogden Nash can help you keep them straight:
The Lama
The one-l lama,
He's a priest.
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.*
-- Ogden Nash
*The author's attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh.
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