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Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 20:33
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> not that i don't understand mail in that sense as > well, but it feels slightly foreign
Yes. In the U.K., the Royal Mail delivers the post, whereas in the U.S. the Postal Service delivers the mail. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan <jcowan@...> "Any legal document draws most of its meaning from context. A telegram that says 'SELL HUNDRED THOUSAND SHARES IBM SHORT' (only 190 bits in 5-bit Baudot code plus appropriate headers) is as good a legal document as any, even sans digital signature." --me