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We wish to thank Douglas Harper for his guidance of our project, both in the field and through the revision process. We would also like to thank Karen Wuertz and Arnold Reijndorp for their support and comments on the first draft of this paper. And of course we want to thank our five informants: Annie, Alami, Hans, Sara and Shirley for their cooperation and enthusiasm during the project.

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