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by Heinleinian 5084 days ago
Just off the top of my head, I'd guess it's due to a lot of e's in words that, depending on the language, you'll see in almost every single method or function. Things like return, end, else, true, include, self, private, etc.
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Don't forget set / get, which ubiquitous in almost every language.