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From:
James E Keenan
Date:
June 29, 2022 18:30
Subject:
Re: Historical Curiosity
Message ID:
30f17661-e9b9-5f23-d0f9-9e08752633d8@pobox.com
On 6/29/22 13:48, Tomasz Konojacki wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2022 19:43:56 +0200
> Ovid <curtis.poe@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I had forgotten about Perl's splain program until Phillipe Bruhat (BooK)
>> reminded me about it.
>>
>> Typing "man splain" is kind of hilarious. I'm not asking for any change,
>> but do we know if that was intentional?
>>
>> Curtis "Ovid" Poe
> 
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/splain-splaining-meaning

Nice!  So it's not *just* Desi Arnaz.

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