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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:14:14 -0000 (UTC)
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On 21 Oct 2024 23:09:48 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> 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.

The French invented the system.

LOL to “fucked up” coming from a country which has “sulfur” but not 
“fosforus” ...