open

   Abbreviation  for `open (or left) parenthesis' -- used when necessary
   to  eliminate  oral ambiguity. To read aloud the LISP form (DEFUN FOO
   (X) (PLUS X 1)) one might say: "Open defun foo, open eks close, open,
   plus eks one, close close."

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