mark lewis:

>   sometimes axes != axes ;)

Another example, from a short story by Robert Aickman (a talented
writer): "She was gnomic in both senses" :-)

I can't help also to share an anecdote that you English speakers may
be anaware of. A man joins a programming IRC channel and asks: "What
is != ?" to which a member answers: "It is not equals." He writes
back: "I know it is not equals, but what *is* it?" and receives
the same answer again: "Not equals". In a fit of disdain, the
man leaves the channel without a good-bye, and the logs show utter
silence for the ensuing five minues or so. Then the hapless neophyte
comes back and asks, exasperated: "What the funk? -- are you all in
collusion?"

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