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+/*
+Copyright (c) 2011, Chris Umbel, Martijn de Boer, Damien van Holten
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+// a list of commonly used words that have little meaning and can be excluded
+// from analysis.
+// This dutch wordlist has been parsed from a list created by Damien van Holten
+// source: http://www.damienvanholten.com/blog/dutch-stop-words/
+var words = [
+    'aan', 'af', 'al', 'alles', 'als', 'altijd', 'andere', 'ben', 'bij', 'daar',
+    'dan', 'dat', 'de', 'der', 'deze', 'die', 'dit', 'doch', 'doen', 'door', 'dus',
+    'een', 'eens', 'en', 'er', 'ge', 'geen', 'geweest', 'haar', 'had', 'heb',
+    'hebben', 'heeft', 'hem', 'het', 'hier', 'hij', 'hoe', 'hun', 'iemand', 'iets',
+    'ik', 'in', 'is', 'ja', 'je ', 'kan', 'kon', 'kunnen', 'maar', 'me', 'meer',
+    'men', 'met', 'mij', 'mijn', 'moet', 'na', 'naar', 'niet', 'niets', 'nog', 'nu',
+    'of', 'om', 'omdat', 'ons', 'ook', 'op', 'over', 'reeds', 'te', 'tegen', 'toch',
+    'toen', 'tot', 'u', 'uit', 'uw', 'van', 'veel', 'voor', 'want', 'waren', 'was',
+    'wat', 'we', 'wel', 'werd', 'wezen', 'wie', 'wij', 'wil', 'worden', 'zal', 'ze',
+    'zei', 'zelf', 'zich', 'zij', 'zijn', 'zo', 'zonder', 'zou',
+    'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n',
+    'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', '$', '1',
+    '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0', '_', '-'];
+
+// tell the world about the noise words.
+exports.words = words;