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- From: syngen@dir.ulcc.ac.uk (Syngen Brown LNT)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: US/UK paper size difference, xeroxing
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 14:05:33 GMT
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- References: <1993Jan18.100748.9614@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> <1993Jan19.095009.24941@spectrum.xerox.com> <C19pHp.7Dp@exnet.co.uk>
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- In article <C19pHp.7Dp@exnet.co.uk> dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon) writes:
- >
- >Nor metric measures such as the Joule, Watt and kg. When I was still
- >doing a bit of molecular biology it was infuriating that the US text
- >books were all in arcane units that needed conversion (and assumed room
- >temperature was 25C; try paying reasonable prices for your energy,
- >chums B^>). But we lost out to them on spelling, eg neuron and
- >adrenalin instead of neurone and adrenaline. ... Except they
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- In fact, they don't spell adrenaline differently, it is just called
- epinephrine. Another useless factoid.
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- -Syngen
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- Making hay while the sun shines,
- and at midnight too!
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