[blml] claim

[John Probst]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manuela Mandache" <mandache at free.fr>
To: "Adam Beneschan" <adam at irvine.com>
Cc: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] claim


Selon Adam Beneschan <adam at irvine.com>:

I love it. I haven't laughed so much since Grattan's amnesia posting. Thank 
you Adam and Manuela for joining in so brilliantly. cheers John

>
> 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

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