Re: OT: Musical languistics
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 4, 2003, 12:06 |
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Andreas Johansson scripsit:
> In Swedish, some people (eg, me) are very careful about the difference between
> _procent_ "percent" and _procentenhet_ "percentage point", whereas others
> happily use _procent_ for either meaning. In the last general election, the
> Left Party went from about 12% to about 8% of the vote - quite alot worse than
> the _4 procent_ fall many people are saying that they suffered, if you ask me!
I just yesterday saw a reference to a "4% reduction" in something or other.
Puzzled by why that was news, I found that it was a reduction from 8% to
4%, or a 50% reduction by my (and your) definitions.
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