'F1_man', 'F2_man', 'F3_man', 'plt_code', 'plt_stress', 'plt_word',
        't_man'
    ]) + '\n'

    fw = open(outputFile, 'w')
    fw.write(header)

    plt_lines = open(pltFile, 'rb').readlines()
    skipped_lines = []
    # skip the first two lines since they contain header information
    for plt_line in plt_lines[2:]:
        print(plt_line)
        plt_line = UnicodeDammit(plt_line,
                                 ['utf-8', 'windows-1252']).unicode_markup
        plt_line = unidecode(plt_line)
        plt_line = plt_line.rstrip()
        plt_F1 = plt_line.split(',')[0]
        # a line beginning with '1' is the first line of the vowel means; this
        # signals the end of the vowel token measurements, so we can stop
        # processing the file
        if plt_F1 == '1':
            break

        plt_w_raw = plt_line.split(',')[5].split(' ')[0]
        plt_w = plt_w_raw.upper()
        plt_w = plt_w.replace('(', '')
        plt_w = plt_w.replace(')', '')
        print(plt_w)
        if plt_w not in words:
            skipped_lines.append(plt_line)
            print("SKIPPING LINE -- WORD NOT FOUND")