Re: SAE (was Re: Verbs as Adjectives - Reply and Thanks. :))

Philip Newton wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:08:21 +0100, Chris Bates
> <chris.maths_student@...> wrote:
>
>>BTW, SAE? Is that a common abbreviation that I've missed?
>
>
> Apparently; it's fairly common.
>
> I believe it stands for a Standard Average European (person or language).
Or Sino-Austro-European. ;)