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From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
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Subject: Re: Okay, I give up. What is the real story?
Keywords: xyzzy
Message-ID: <980@demott.COM>
Date: 17 Nov 90 00:51:43 GMT
References: <1990Nov16.060233.4305@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
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In article <1990Nov16.060233.4305@nntp-server.caltech.edu> terry@wag.caltech.edu (Terry R. Coley) writes:
>On the route to Las Vegas from LA on Interstate 15 one passes
>a road in the middle of the desert named "xyzzy" (or was it actually 
>"xyzzx"?).  Anyone know which came first - the Adventure magic
>word or the road sign?  More importantly, one wonders where xyzzy road
>leads...

    Actually, it's Zzyzx, what was supposedly (according to the guy who
made it up) oatented as the last word in the English language.  From
this fame this person (a developer), built a small sommunity by that name.



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