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|    Re: Worldmap mercator projection - Latit    |
|    25 Jan 26 16:01:47    |
      XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general       From: address@is.invalid              John,              > Ah, UK/US difference again. In UK, the form formule is 1677-1829       > (https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=formule),       > whereas the form formula is current              merriam-webster doesn't make any such distinction. Who am I going to believe       ?              > formule comes from the French formule,              Yes, thats what the link I posted says. And for funzels it mentions your       singular "formula" as being the plural of of "formule".              > Isn't language fun!              Almost as funny as math. :-(              Regards,       Rudy Wieser              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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