joking
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Column space for joking articles about ghosts and gossip diminished as the idea of Southern secession grew more common.
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Armstrong later clarified that he had been joking and hadn’t traded mentions on the call himself.
“I can see the thing depreciating in half in the last day,” said Schmier, before adding that he was joking.
The Queen first spoke to her guests in French, joking she had "forgotten" the language after studying it "60 years ago".
From BBC
Nim asked, not sure whether she was joking or not.
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