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From: <KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 2:35 PM
> Maybe a symbol can have more than one name,
> depending upon context.
This is definitely true. Consider, as an example:
. A full stop - at the end of a British English sentence.
. A period - at the end of an US English sentence.
. A decimal point - in between, ehm, ones and tenths?
In the case of the first two, it's just trivial, but the distinction between
a full stop / period and decimal point is entirely dependent upon context.
Which reminds me of the old tech writer's warning about alphabetical order
not always meaning a to z... in some countries, a comma is used where I
would use a decimal point.
/ Mark whose mind is wandering...
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