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Elvish?
Last edited Sun Oct 26, 2025, 06:19 PM - Edit history (1)
Found on the internet.

Points if you can decode the "Elvish".
I did.
On edit: SPOILER
It's a regular expression to identify a valid email address. (if not 100% bulletproof)
This addresses it specifically
How To Use Regex To Match An Email Address
https://gist.github.com/JoshMassa/410e73b77d3ae4f21f6d03808795f7ac
I first learned about regular expressions learning Unix back in the 1980's, to use "grep" and soon thereafter using perl, which was kind of new at the time, and is still crazy powerful in scripts.
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Elvish? (Original Post)
usonian
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patphil
(8,410 posts)1. Easy, it says, "be sure to drink more ovaltine".
usonian
(21,906 posts)2. Too late for Ovaltine. Chocolate has some caffeine, and there's sugar, as well.
walkingman
(10,010 posts)3. No more symbols beyond this point....
lastlib
(26,948 posts)4. "Remain here until your name is called."