Re: XYZZY

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From: Wm E. Davidsen Jr
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1990 17:51

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In article <45...@rtech.rtech.com> reb@squid.UUCP ("REB - Tennessee Lamb") writes:
| Does the word "xyzzy" have an origin earlier than the Colossal Cave adventure
| game? Where exactly did it come from?

  I don't know where it came from, but my daughter was once playing
another adventure game (Isle of {something}) and typed it. She got back
the response "We do not recycle used magic words from other games."
Broke us up.
-- 
	bill davidsen - sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
davidsen@sixhub.uucp		...!uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen

"Getting old is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative" -anon

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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
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Subject: Re: XYZZY
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Date: 21 Jan 90 17:51:10 GMT
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