On 21 Dec 2004 15:20:35 -0800, rumours say that "John Machin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:
>Subtle distinction: A metER is a measuring device. A MetRE is a unit of >distance. In this case, English (compared to American English) is closer to the original "metron" [1]. Now, if only you people wrote the plural of "parenthesis" as "parentheseis" and not "parentheses", that would ease a lot my Greek English... :) [1] through the French "mètre" of course; great job, those revolutionaries did with the metric system. As Asimov put it, "how many inches to the mile?" -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958) I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
