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From: Laura Akers <lauraa@ori.org>
List Editor: Ergo-Hart Västrik <ergo@FOLKLORE.EE>
Editor's Subject: Re: Query: Truce terms in online multiplayer games
Author's Subject: Re: Query: Truce terms in online multiplayer games
Date Written: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:32:40 -0700
Date Posted: Fri, 22 Oct 2009 15:01:37 -0400

I don't know anything about this field, but when I first saw you mention
barley, I assumed that it was a corruption of parley, which of course is
a long-established term for truce, from "parlez."  It's not?

Laura Akers

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