[blml] claim

[Manuela Mandache]

Selon Adam Beneschan <adam at irvine.com>:

>
> John Probst wrote:
>
> > By the way Manuela, the single character for 10 in English is usually 'T'
> > not 'X', although I must admit that "X" makes a lot of sense.
>
> It *would* make a lot of sense if we didn't constantly use "x" to mean
> something else (i.e. an unimportant spot card).  However, if someone
> starts using V instead of 5, I'm giving up.  That one would be
> multiply confusing---with the Dutch use of V for "queen", with the
> French use of V for "jack", and with the English use of the letter to
> tell the French what they think of them.........

I surrender! The Duplimate machines in France generate printouts using AKQJ...X,
symbolic Anglophobia. I swear I'll never do it again.

Regards,

Manuela