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Article #1054Re: XYZZY
From: r... REB - Tennessee Lamb
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1990 21:13
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1990 21:13
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In article <422@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>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.
I think Zork says "That's an old worn out magic word. Try another," when you
try typing in xyzzy.
reb
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From: r...@squid.rtech.com ("REB - Tennessee Lamb")
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Subject: Re: XYZZY
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Date: 23 Jan 90 21:13:12 GMT
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