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Not that bad (Score:1)
If it makes the meaning of a text clearer and doesn't obscure it, use them as often as you see it fit :)
My own habit is much worse. When I'm too tired, I start replacing words with the term "thingy."
Ordinary morality is for ordinary people. -- Aleister Crowley
Not that blue either (Score:1)
Whoa, that resmurfs [wikipedia.org] me of a toon I used to watch as a kid...
-- # This prints: Just another Perl hacker, seek DATA,15,0 and print q... ; __END__
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Indeed, I actually watched that thingy as a kid too, but only in german. I "learned" english (Futurama Original ftw!) only many years later.
Ordinary morality is for ordinary people. -- Aleister Crowley
qw/smurfs puffi schlümpfe/ (Score:1)
They had always been "puffi" for me up until I wrote the post above, and I had to check. Incidentally, one of their creators (not Peyo) died just recently. There was some discussion in the italian comics newsgroup I regularly follow, along with a reminder of the oft repeated urban legend that it was a commie err... well... thingy for "educating" young minds. :-)
-- # This prints: Just another Perl hacker, seek DATA,15,0 and print q... ; __END__
Re:qw/smurfs puffi schlümpfe/ (Score:1)
Ordinary morality is for ordinary people. -- Aleister Crowley
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