Quote #218

In Clintonese, that would be 'You are free to infer that I was saying that.' :-)

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  2. Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days?
  3. So I'm thinking about ??, or !!, or //, or \, or whatever. But I think I like ?? the best so far. Or the least worst.
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  5. If this were Ada, we'd simply doc it as 'erroneous'.
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  7. That which hits the fan tends to get flung in all directions.
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