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   mark lewis:   
      
   >   sometimes axes != axes ;)   
      
   Another example, from a short story by Robert Aickman (a talented   
   writer): "She was gnomic in both senses" :-)   
      
   I can't help also to share an anecdote that you English speakers may   
   be anaware of. A man joins a programming IRC channel and asks: "What   
   is != ?" to which a member answers: "It is not equals." He writes   
   back: "I know it is not equals, but what *is* it?" and receives   
   the same answer again: "Not equals". In a fit of disdain, the   
   man leaves the channel without a good-bye, and the logs show utter   
   silence for the ensuing five minues or so. Then the hapless neophyte   
   comes back and asks, exasperated: "What the funk? -- are you all in   
   collusion?"   
      
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