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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:58:40 +1100
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- From: LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
- Subject: Re: WORDS-L TP: abh's Sport/Leisure Question
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- >>>"What female suspect in the game of Cluedo is single?"
- >>
- >>Cluedo? Why Cluedo instead of Clue, it's real name?
- >>
- >Beats me - I thought it was a typo when the Col. Mustard question came
- >up. Maybe this is the Aussie version?
- >
- >--
- > ### Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead ###
-
- I think Graham's right - ( I would have replied to his message, but I
- accidentally deleted it before I could) - Cluedo is the original name
- of that game and it is of British origin. Why the American version
- needed a name change is difficult to comprehend though?
-
- Carolyn (who after wading through all her mail on a horrible green
- screen has now discovered she can go home, since the modems are
- back on line.... YIPPEE!)
-