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Not Even a Prime Number

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Well it turns out that teh internets are good for more than viral marketing, memes, and FUD. Mark Liberman’s Language Log posts have uncovered the true history and origin of “-30-“.

Though why it, as opposed to other markup arcana, is subject to conflicting interpretation remains a mystery. All the more so since it is not even a prime number like 17 or 23.

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