Just a few of them, but maybe you'll get just a little hint of some of these folks.

They claim there are rumours that their uncle went back to join the Zapatistas in the mountains.

Rumor says he resigned.

The rumor turned out false.

I don't believe the rumours. Do you believe them?

Let's build in outbound confirmation messages using text messages or SMS or instant messaging to find out from people who are within 100 meters of the rumor that you hear if it is, in fact, valid.

The rumor turned out to be false.

It proved the truth of the rumor.

The rumor proved to be true.

It turned out that the rumor was false.

There's a reason the rumor exploded.

This is a United States political fabrication.

Fighting Words and False Promises

To the best of my knowledge, the rumor is not true.

Had he attributed falsely any words to Us,

And had he fabricated just one matter upon Us

Had he invented against Us any sayings,

And if he had forged concerning us some discourses.

And if he (Muhammad SAW) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah),

Had he falsely attributed some statements to Us.

And if he i.e., the Prophets had forged this Discourse and thereafter ascribed it to Us,

And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

Had he faked any sayings in Our name,

Had he invented sayings against Us,

And if Muhammad had made up about Us some false sayings,

Had Muhammad invented some words against Us,.

And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,

if he had invented any lies about Us,

And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

Why did the faithful men and women not think well of their people when they heard this, and said This is a clear lie?

Why was it not that the believing men and women, when you heard it, thought good of their own people, and had said, This is a clear accusation ?

Why, when you heard it, did the believing men and women not of their own account think good thoughts, and say, 'This is a manifest calumny'?

Wherefore, when ye heard it, did not the believing men and believing women imagine best of their own people and say this is a calumny manifest!

Why then, did not the believers, men and women, when you heard it (the slander) think good of their own people and say This (charge) is an obvious lie?

Why, when you heard about it, the believing men and women did not think well of one another, and say, This is an obvious lie ?

When you heard of it, why didn't the Believing men and the Believing women have a good opinion of themselves, and why did they not say, This is a manifest slander?

Why did not the believers, men and women, when ye heard it, think good of their own own folk, and say It is a manifest untruth?

When you first heard about it, why did not the faithful, men and women, think well of their folks, and say, This is an obvious calumny ?

Had you heard it, and the believing men and women, thought good thoughts about one another said 'This is a clear falsehood'

Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, This is an obvious falsehood ?

Would that on your hearing this report, the believing men and woman among you had a favorable attitude towards it, and had said, This report is clearly false .

Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say This is an evident falsehood?

When you heard of it, why did not the believing men and believing women think well of their own people, and say, This is a manifest slander?

Why did not the believers men and women when ye heard of the affair, put the best construction on it in their own minds and say, This (charge) is an obvious lie ?

But they'd heard some frightening rumors.