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From: crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin)
Newsgroups: net.books,net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Fourth in a trilogy -- and linguistic question
Message-ID: <6734@duke.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 13:35:31 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 13:35:31 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Dec-85 01:29:12 EST
References: <5015@stolaf.UUCP> <1766@utcsri.UUCP> <35@cstvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin)
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Summary: 

In article <35@cstvax.UUCP> br@cstvax.UUCP (Brian Ritchie) writes:
 dot dot dot
>that by-now-rather-tired-and-much-overused phrase.  This was YONKS before
>Foundation's Edge and The Guide.  I remember because I thought it was
>funny then.
>
>    -- Brian Ritchie.


A couple of little questions:

1) whats a yonk?
2) shouldn't it be "these were yonks"?

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			Charlie Martin
			(...mcnc!duke!crm)