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- From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
- Subject: Re: 2-strokes (was:Re: REQUEST: short fella has a question or two...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.141311.15144@rd.hydro.on.ca>
- Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
- References: <1992Nov18.114449.21982@bnr.uk> <1992Nov18.200449.21784@rd.hydro.on.ca> <1992Nov22.225846.22950@rp.CSIRO.AU>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 14:13:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.225846.22950@rp.CSIRO.AU> pjordan@rp.CSIRO.AU (Patrick Jordan) writes:
- >jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine) writes:
- >> Nick, the British biker who works for a Canadian company writes:
- >> >If you can't tell the difference between pounds avoirdupoi and pounds sterling
- >> ^^^^^^^^^^s
- >> Second, I can spell in the Queen's English better than you can (despite the
- >> silly pronouciation)!
- >
- >avoirdupois? C'est un mot francais, pas anglais, n'est-ce pas?
- >(Or at least with very french origins)
-
- En effet, mais ce n'est pas grave... un instant.. ah, zut... sorry about
- that. Nobody ever said that English was original, just a lot of creative
- borrowing. Just ask the Queen :-).
-
- P.S. Nick, M'lud, I can't mail to you. BNR in Ottawa doesn't know who you are,
- which is what is in your reply path, and using datasbld@bnr.uk doesn't
- work either.
-
- Salut!
-
- I've bike like | Jody Levine DoD #275 kV
- got a you can if you -PF | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
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