Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!utegc!utai!ubc-vision!alberta!calgary!arcsun!rob From: rob@arcsun.UUCP Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Totally unrelated question (was Re: Can.French) Message-ID: <271@arcsun.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 13:21:25 EDT Article-I.D.: arcsun.271 Posted: Thu Jul 9 13:21:25 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 09:01:06 EDT References: <218@Mannix.iros1.UUCP> <4992@utcsri.UUCP> <221@Mannix.iros1.UUCP> <225@Mannix.iros1.UUCP> Distribution: can Organization: Alberta Research Council, Calgary, Ab. Lines: 20 Keywords: French, Bilingualism, new groups Summary: Defend the decimal point! In article <225@Mannix.iros1.UUCP>, fortin@iros1.UUCP (Denis Fortin) writes: > In article <5042@utcsri.UUCP> flaps@utcsri.UUCP (Alan J Rosenthal) writes: > > > >>There are French net.readers and there are English net.readers... > >>Since 99,9% of the net.news are in English, all readers must be able to > > ^ (good thing I speak French numerals) > > A quick (and totally unrelated) question: Isn't that standard in metric? > And if so, isn't that supposed to be the standard in Canada these days? > I don't care if it's the standard or not! As an Albertan, I reserve the right to take a redneck stand on pointless issues, and in that vein I refuse to acknowledge a 99,9% majority, or pay 0,99$ for any item. Put the comma in its place! Rob Aitken ...calgary!arcsun!rob - OR - aitken@noah.arc.cdn Disclaimer: As long as the Alberta Research Council gets the commas and periods straight on my paycheques, we'll both be happy.