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Hi, I'm '''Ahkond'''.  I'm a computer programmer in [[Massachusetts]], where I grew up.  I have a doctorate in [[mathematics]] but I have not been involved in math since 1993.  

I do a lot of style clean-up (spelling, typos, grammar, usage, etc.) as I browse articles, but I have also created or rewritten a small number of articles here and there.

My user name is a reference to a nonsense poem called "The Akond of Swat" by [[Edward Lear]], which in turn refers to a [[Akhund of Swat|historical figure]] from [[Pakistan]] (when I chose the name I did not know this; I am not Pakistani).  Some editions of this poem spell it "Ahkond", and long usage has stuck me with that spelling.  I've been using the nickname in various on-line contexts since about 1990.  


==External links:==

*[http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ll/akond.html on-line text of "the Akond of Swat"]


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