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Comment by dlisboa | Hacker News Reader

$YOUR_RUBY_PATH/lib/ruby/1.9.1/English.rb has the full list, with pretty decent explanation.

Yep, if you must use the variables, much much better to use "require 'english'" and these more meaningful names than the cryptic originals.

I have a TODO in omnifocus to fold those in. It's a shame I didn't do that earlier.

I didn't realise Ruby also had this. Here's the Perl corollary:

  perldoc English
  perldoc perlvar