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  1. Newsgroups: uk.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!harlqn.co.uk!roy
  3. From: roy@harlqn.co.uk (Roy Badami)
  4. Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
  5. In-Reply-To: eset08@castle.ed.ac.uk's message of 19 Jan 93 20:05:27 GMT
  6. Message-ID: <ROY.93Jan21141805@holly.harlqn.co.uk>
  7. Lines: 13
  8. Sender: usenet@harlqn.co.uk (Usenet maintainer)
  9. Nntp-Posting-Host: holly
  10. Organization: Harlequin Limited, Cambridge, England
  11. References: <C13IJG.nw@micrognosis.co.uk> <ROY.93Jan19124142@holly.harlqn.co.uk>
  12.     <1jgtarINNiqj@violet.csv.warwick.ac.uk>
  13.     <1993Jan19.175936.18692@eng.cam.ac.uk> <30471@castle.ed.ac.uk>
  14. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:18:05 GMT
  15.  
  16. In article <30471@castle.ed.ac.uk> eset08@castle.ed.ac.uk (J Strobridge) writes:
  17.  
  18.    I sometimes write 10 quid.   It provokes a few interesting responses -
  19.    not everyone knows this term but I'm often surprised how many people 
  20.    do recognise it!
  21.  
  22. Really?  I think it's understood pretty well everywhere in the UK.  Or
  23. are you talking about posting to non uk groups?
  24. --
  25. Roy Badami, Harlequin Ltd, Barrington Hall, Barrington, Cambridge,  U.K.
  26. Internet: roy@harlqn.co.uk               UUCP: ..!mcsun!uknet!harlqn!roy
  27.  
  28. When we reach that point, whatever happenned _will_ happen again...
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