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Why is xor not part of everyday speech? It would make certain situations much less ambiguous:
A) Would you like cream or sugar?
B) Would you like soup or salad?
In case A, it is generally acceptable to take cream, sugar, or both cream and sugar. In case B, though, the chose is exclusionary between soup and salad. But with xor in the lexicon, we can remove the degeneracy:
A’) Would you like cream or sugar? (inclusive or)
B’) Would you like soup xor salad? (exclusive or)
See how much easier this would be?

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