From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@speakeasy.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] is nickle plan9 acceptable?
Message-Id: <20020127115500.D9BF93F40B@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 06:55:00 -0500
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are you one of those guys who is person b in this conversation:

a) can i borrow x?
b) i belive you can yes.
a) okay, damit, /may/ i borrow x?

and, to rebutt, webster believes it's a word

	http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=nickle&submit=Look+It+Up

and we, unlike the french, do not trust the government to define
our language. which language, since you're being pedantic about it,
should probablly be called "american english" or "american" (as
everyone who does not live in the us calls it).

erik