Jeff Shannon schreef: > John Machin wrote: > >>Subtle distinction: A metER is a measuring device. A MetRE is a unit of >>distance.
> ... except in the US, where we stubbornly apply the same spelling to > both of those. (It figures that we Americans just ignore subtle > distinctions....) Or there is some Dutch influence... ;) (In Dutch it's "meter" for both meanings.) -- JanC "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." RFC 1958 - Architectural Principles of the Internet - section 3.9 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
