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Re: OT: Junk/Dim S(ui)m

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Monday, September 15, 2003, 21:23
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> I find strange that the kind of auction where the asking price is lowered > until someone bids is called "Dutch Auction". I've been watching "Bargain > Hunt" on the BBC, and it seems Britain doesn't have *any* other kind of > auction. So why give a special name to something that's the default?
Perhaps because it wasn't originally the default? -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42