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Re: What do you call this?

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 29, 2003, 2:24
Steg Belsky scripsit:

> What do you call a word like "yes" "no" and "maybe"?
"Truth value marker"? -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.ccil.org/~cowan "One time I called in to the central system and started working on a big thick 'sed' and 'awk' heavy duty data bashing script. One of the geologists came by, looked over my shoulder and said 'Oh, that happens to me too. Try hanging up and phoning in again.'" --Beverly Erlebacher

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