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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: 21 Oct 2024 23:09:48 GMT
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On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:00:14 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 21 Oct 2024 19:33:03 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> Add up all those milliliters and pretty soon you have another bottle of
>> booze to sell.
> 
> Make them say “millilitres” first ... if they can’t, don’t sell it to
> ’em ...

Don't push it. The US may adopt more of the metric system but the fucked 
up Frechified spelling ain't gonna happen.