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  3. From: pyc081@cent1.lancs.ac.uk (The Rave Child)
  4. Message-ID: <20706.9301251730@central1.lancaster.ac.uk>
  5. Subject: Symbol
  6. Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:30:29 +0000 (GMT)
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  17. Newsgroups: uk.misc
  18. Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
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  21. References: <C174JH.Iq@exnet.co.uk> <C17yEy.7BJ@exnet.co.uk> <zlsiida.823@fs1.mcc.ac.uk>
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  25. Organization: Lancaster University
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  28. In article <zlsiida.823@fs1.mcc.ac.uk> zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:
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  30. >We have a guy here who calls "!" "shriek"
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  32. >and why not?
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  34. A lot of mathematicians pronounce factorials as 'bang', for instance
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  36. '4 bang = 24'
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  38. Zack
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