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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:21:34 CST
From:         samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      VERSES FOR SMITH

>Thanks, and goodbye.  I'm *leaving*.  Somebody write me a poem, quick.

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                        Verses for Smith
                               by
                          Tushar Samant

Come back asap, O giggles that extremely charming old geezer, thou,
For want of thine nifty postings we in greatest agony shout "OUCH!"

For what is words-l (O the language discussion group of english)
Without thy presence, if not just like an apartment unfurnished?

Without beds or a dining table, alas even without the crummiest couch
Giggles, O have mercy on us and grace the list with thy presence now!

Without thou, we are just like a bunch of bastard orphemes from hell
Wondering (oh, all the time) why we aren't feeling so well or swell!

We are too fucking idiotic
    Way too fucking idiotic
    To understand that actually we are missing
    The wonderful spirit inside of the postings of giggles
So come back, giggles,
    Please come back giggles
    And supply us our daily fix of
    The spirited wonderfulness only to be found
    Inside of the great postings of giggles!

Oh, giggles! Ah, giggles!
And the wondersome postings of giggles!

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Date:         Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:29:31 GMT
From:         G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Nancy's Science/Nature Question
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:   >But you're not safe even if you avoid the ocean!  How about those
:   >nasty cane toads (Bufo marinus) that were imported to control insects
:   >and are about to take over Queensland and NSW?  Indestructible,
:   >apparently.

:  The cane toads (imported from Hawaii) are indeed poisonous, and some people
:dry and smoke them. On the other hand, little children keep them as pets.

Real Men (tm) lick them raw...

G
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Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:31:25 CST
From:         samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: signoff

>This is a fact of e-life, that's one's postings must be overly clear.

Just like in a saloon, or a big happy family where everybody Under-
stands. Karen, better start writing about yourself in the third person.
And no silly jokes.

>>the absence of civilised rules would make sense. As it stands, that
>>absence seems somewhat silly.
>
>So does your presence.

Overly clear, I must admit. Can't take it, huh?

tushar
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:46:45 -0600
From:         Bandwidth Pig <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Cloudy skies over Portland (fwd)
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I realized after I sent this that it only went to Natalie. What good is
democracy if nobody knows how you voted?

-abh

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 06:32:42 -0600 (CST)
From: Bandwidth Pig <harwell@tenet.edu>
To: Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Cloudy skies over Portland

On Wed, 27 Jan 1993, Natalie Maynor wrote:

> 2___ Boone, NC
> 1___ Elsewhere in NC
> NO WAY Edinburg, TX
> NO__ Galway, Ireland
> NO__ Elsewhere in Ireland
> NO__ Portland
> NO__ Starkville, MS
> 3__ Toronto (but only if I get to stay chez Harminc)
>

> Comments: I love the new shrimp combo basket but wish there were more
french fries. Also, the waitress was rude and didn't bring me enough tea
refills. Overall, I would recommend this place to my friends.

-abh
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:28:06 +0100
From:         torkel@SICS.SE
Subject:      Re: Asians
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              26 Jan 93 13:13:35 -0600. <9301261915.AA17858@sics.se>

  >I am not saying that there is no Buddhist literature in Sanskrit, obviously.
  >I just mentioned a possibility.

  The Sanskrit stuff is of the same kind as the Pali, Tibetan, Chinese
stuff. Sutras and commentaries and (to use a technical Wodehousean term)
whatnot.
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From:         EL406041@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Nancy's Science/Nature Questio
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Posted on 24 Jan 1993 at 11:31:05 by torkel@SICS.SE
>I quickly resolved not to dip as much as a toe into
>the waters of Northern Australia.

I believe that you find stonefish in Japan and Hawaii as well--so
you can't just avoid Northern Australia.  I have never seen one,
but I remember being warned about them.  That is one reason people
wear flippers/shoes to swim in.

Karen
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From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Gleanings (76
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> >> Are the following sentences exactly the same in meaning?
> >> If not, how different are they from each other?
> >> 1) How much do you spend a week?
> >> 2) How much do you spend per week?
> >> 3) How much do you spend in a week?
> >> 4) How much a week do you spend?
> >> 5) How much do you spend every week?
> >> 6) How much do you spend each week?
> >To me they are all the same.
> >   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
> To me, they all *mean* the same, but number 4 sounds
> awkward, and unlikely to be used by that mythical
> "native speaker" (e.g., me).

I'm assuming an unstated "on _____" with all of these questions.  E.g.,
"How much a week do you spend on groceries?"  That doesn't sound awkward
to me.  Without assuming the "on _____" it does seem more awkward than
the others.  I'm not sure why.  If it doesn't sound awkward to me, then
it *must* be pure and good.

   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
     benchmark of right speaking
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Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:27:05 -0600
From:         Bandwidth Pig <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: In Ecstacy
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On Sun, 24 Jan 1993, gilbertsmith wrote:

> my joy.  I would like to thank my mother, my sister, my younger
> brother, my friend <ts> and my aide and confidant <gt> and all my
> readers on the English Language Discussion List more commonly known
> as Words-L.  I couldn't have done this without your help.

...and your chopped liver, <abh>.
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Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 14:46:00 EST
From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Political Correctness Bullshot
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> > > Peter
> >
> > Say *WHAT*???????
> > --ggs
>
> You were indicating your dislike for politically correct language.
> Peter

Actually, I wasn't indicating my dislike for PC language.  I was
indicating my irritation at people saying that someone is very
pc for using terms that show awareness of the social injustices
reflected in other terms.  My point was that using terms that are
considered "p.c." can be a manifestation of the speaker's sincere
desire to be fair and just.  The kind of document you are describing,
however, sounds sort of extreme.  I would probably object to it,
because it sounds like an attempt to legislate something that ought
to result from an *attitude*, a sincere one.
Why don't you post this document, so we don't have to ftp it.  If
anyone objects, we can supply instructions on using the delete key.
--ggs
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Date:         Thu, 28 Jan 1993 06:26:04 -0600
From:         Bandwidth Pig <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Cloudy skies over Portland
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On Thu, 28 Jan 1993, Natalie Maynor wrote:

> It was in the hotel lobby that I fell in love.

"I've fallen, and I can't get up!"
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:52:04 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Another Vote
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Another vote for Portland just arrived.  There may be more responses
ahead in my mail.  Alas, I've gotta log off and go talk about pidgins
and creoles instead of finishing new mail.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:25:58 -0600
From:         Bandwidth Pig <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: signoff
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On Mon, 25 Jan 1993, gilbertsmith wrote:

> Kiss me now, soon I'll be gone.

*s-m-a-a-c-k*
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Date:         Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:46:40 -0600
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: From the Annals of Poetry
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On Wed, 20 Jan 1993, G wrote:

> Last time I finger you, that's for sure.

That's what they all say.

-a
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 12:18:30 GMT
From:         G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: outerbanks prices
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:Sorry these prices stun you.  They seem reasonable to me in view of the fact
:these places will comfortably sleep 8-10 folks or at least 4 duos sharing
:a room.  Thus, each duo is out about 250 for the week for lodging.  Is this

That was *per week*!!!! Hahahahaha!

:out of line?  Am I a spendthrift?  Say it ain't so, bwp.

They saw you coming...

G
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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:08:22 EST
From:         BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject:      Happy Australia Day!
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By my reckoning, it is now a bit past midnight in New South Wales.  So
here's to a rousing holiday for C.J. when she awakes to celebrate the
landing of Capt. Phillip in Botany Bay!

brad
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:13:07 -0600
From:         Bandwidth Pig <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Salmonbake bitching
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On Tue, 26 Jan 1993, Frank wrote:

>                         McLellan

Sorry, darlin' I slipped...never again.

> You'd never get away with it.  If you were Frank, your adam's apple would
> give you away, so you'd have to go home and put on trousers.

No, *I* am not the one wearing the dress to the faculty senate meetings,
Natalie would be! Heck, the adam's apple would be a relief, and I might
even get a real chin out of the deal. And think of the time saved
urinating. This idea isn't sounding <half-bad>. Plus, if I were Frank, I'd
be much more <popular> than I am now...

> Frank (got the master tape of the album, btw.  Sounds good.)

Remember, I'll buy one when you release on CD.

-abh
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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:24:17 +1100
From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject:      WORDS-L TP: Hiccough in the system?
Comments: To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu

So far this morning the only words-l mail I've received is that from Graham.
I haven't even received any of the posts I've sent out. I can receive direct
email O.K. and I know that at least Graham is seeing my posts... so I thought
I'd just let you all know just in case you think I might have forgotten you.
I hope that the system will be working again this evening.

Carolyn
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Date:         Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:44:00 EST
From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Round 4
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I'll take Geography, with global gravity.
--ggs
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Date:         Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:33:56 -0700
From:         JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS
 <WILLIAMS%MC.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: John's Sport/Leisure Question

>"What do the initials "H.W." stand for on a cricket scoreboard?"
Cricket?  CRICKET??????   That does it.  I'm doomed...
Hmmmmm.  The "W" must stand for 'wickets', slick, sticky, or otherwise.
H....   Hurled?  Home?  What can you do when you bowl?  (I do most of my
hurling at home, BTW...)  Half? Had?  Holograms?  Holy?  Honest? Hired?
Oh, hell, I'll say "half wickets" and be done with it.  Gimme a "2", for all
the good it'll do...

John "I say, old man, would you mind terribly not bleeding on me?" W.
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:05:27 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Cloudy skies over Portland
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> about going to a music-and-dance workshop in Galway the
> first week in July.  This may not work out, so don't any-

Since the '93 site is still up in the air, why don't we consider having
it in Ireland?  Then we could all go down to London and stay with Graham.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         "Emily J. Horning" <IBJQEJH%UCLAMVS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Emily's Entertainment Question

> "What film introduced the song 'New York, New York'?"

I told you this was my worst category. :(  No 'gold ring' for me. The only
Sinatra movies I can think of are From Here to Eternity and the Manchurian
Candidate, and I'm pretty sure it's not one of those. <sigh>

> Carolyn

Emily
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Date:         Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:40:05 -0600
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Shirt survey
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OK, if you are seriously interested in a shirt, mail me at
harwell@bandw.panam.edu, indicating quantity and color preference. This
will be a market test to see if a run is feasible.

-abh
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From:         BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject:      Re: Do you suppose..

>Do you suppose,for just a moment,George Bush squirmed, thinking the
>first word of Maya Angelou's poem was "Iraq" ?
>
>                                               Br Paul

  I squirmed for a moment, thinking the last word was going
  to be "America."

  brad
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:24:14 GMT
From:         G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: WORDS-L TP: Evelyn's Sport/Leisure Question
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        >are you claiming that you or Rashmi have telepathic abilities?

        It so happens that Rashmi and I were the first two people
        to guess who the infamous Santa was. Indians are well known
        for their abilities of divination. Contrast with several
        Americans who had the most ridiculous guesses:

        "abh"   - It's Tushar
        Brad    - It's Frank Peters
        Natalie - It's Galmin

        tushar

OK, Smart Aleck - who was the poster from SIVM.BITNET the other day, hmmm???

G
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:23:00 HST
From:         "Michael E. Macmillan" <MACMILLM%EWC.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: signoff

>I didn't see it as criticism.  I saw it as somebody's personal biases about
>what net life "should" be.  (The "somebody" refers not to you, but to

Speaking of what net life should be, WORDS-L failed to get a mention
in a current article on network mailing lists.  The author is Adam Begley,
identified as a freelance writer and book critic.  His article,
"Electrotalk Therapy: Sex, Politics, and Paranoia on the Net," is in
the January/February 1993 issue of _Lingua Franca_.  You won't learn
anything from it; you'll just wonder how he missed sampling this list.
His conclusion: "The net is an experiment to see what it is here for."

Michael E. Macmillan
(macmillm@ewc)
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Date: 23 Jan 1993 22:47:10 GMT
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In a previous article, MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA (Peter Montgomery) says:

>>>At the other end, I suppose, one might tell an overly diarrheic doxy to
>>>loosen up a bit.
>>>
>>>diarrhoeic.  English Professors, I ask you...
>>
>> Even academics need spellcheckers....  probably more than most....
>
>Ruth, tch, tch. The spelling I used is the U.S. one as in Am. Her.
>As for the other spelling, it's just like the bloody pommie bastards
>to dip a thong where it doesn't belong.
>
The above is the one my Cassel's gives, too.  Don't blame the Brits, you
crazy Canadian; it's the Greeks who have to answer for that piece of messy
business.... [and lots of other things, too]

-- 
		###	Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
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	      Where anything can happen, and it usually does
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re: Ah, the pleasures of Coffee!
Date: 23 Jan 1993 23:04:45 GMT
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In a previous article, ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM () says:

>> THE NEW DRINK, COFFEE, FIRST OFFERED IN ENGLAND BY PASQUA ROSEE
>
>Taken in great quantities, as a restorative against which even the
>lingering embraces of Sleep cannot prevail, Coffee turns the imbiber
>into a talkative and wired being incapable of silences, and moreover
>allowing him to imitate the action of the fly who climbs the wall at
>great speed and in disregard for his own safety.  Said imbiber of

Methinks the lad imbibeth too much....  A fourth quart mug of this brew at
high strength hath been known to turn even the most sanguine, relaxed
words-ler into a raving bedlamite.  Hast thou consumed thy third, or is
this last container of battery acid the "Bedlamite Cup"?

>called Coffee may be discerned by his accustomed saying when asked
>about his level of indulgence: "If there be no cup or suitable chalice
>available, I will open a vein in my arm, and you may pour the drink
>therein."
>
This Coffee fiend, if none be available, will attempt to substitute strong
tea or chocolate in an attempt to placate his craving.  These not being
present, he will proceed to headaches, ill humor, and posting long
archaic language messages on Words-l.  

-- 
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From:         LNCJB%WOMBAT.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Gilbert's Sport/Leisure Question
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>> >From: LNCJB%WOMBAT.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
>>
>> Can anyone explain to me how I wound up with a bitnet address on internet?
>
>Don't look at me, I can't!  The oz networks celebrating Australia Day, perhaps?
>
>-rashmi

I'm beginning to suspect that the gateway through which I originally subbed
is down. Somehow when I subbed from cc, I managed to bypass that gateway and
link directly into the bitnet system through another. If that was the case
then the only messages I would be receiving on wombat would be those that
didn't have to pass through the 'sick' gateway..... and that appears to be
the case.... but I know little about such things, so I'm just guessing. I
have had similar gateway problems on another list before.... so that could
be the answer.

Carolyn
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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Tshirt colors
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> I said, Beefy-T or equivalent. I never meant to establish an <irrevokable
> relationship> with Haynes. Just that level of quality or higher.
                    2)-------
> -abh
>
> Is this the most <boring> list on the net lately or what?
              1)------------------
  1)  Yes.
  2)  Hanes.  This is a North Carolina company, forchrissake.
--ggs (having just seen a commercial which points out that things
  made in this state are "proudly" stamped <MADE IN NORTH CAROLINA>.
  ......)
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From:         torkel@SICS.SE
Subject:      Re: Maya's poem
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              27 Jan 93 04:25:36 +0000. <199301280344.AA26706@sunic.sunet.se>

  >Who??????  Not only never heard them, never heard *of* them...

  I know They Might Be Giants only from a couple of videos on MTV. They're
pretty good. ("I'm your only friend, well I'm not actually your friend"). I
think you, the Snooty Scot, might well appreciate them.
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Pot-bellied laughs
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Big story on 'human interest' slot on news tonight: pot-bellied pigs
bought during the craze a few years ago are all now turning into
whopping 18-stone monsters...  most people are either having them put
down, or paying big bucks to have them stay on a farm.  (The obvious
solution isn't on, apparently, because they're inedible...)

One thing that hasn't helped is that a lot of the Dodge Geezers who
sold these pigs actually were selling crosses between Vietnamese Pot-bellies
and standard farmyard pigs...

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