From: starbugaboo@NOSPAMyahoo.com   
      
   Hercule Platini wrote:   
   >   
   > "Wavy G"  wrote in message   
   > news:e04mo3913m5d4c94qvjr69mhit604lo284@4ax.com...   
   > > Don't fight it, Col...Just lie down and try to relax:   
   > >   
   > > >   
   > > >"Xam"  wrote in message news:fma530$gup$1@aioe.org...   
   > > >> Col wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > >>>   
   > > >>> But we pronounce the two words the same here.   
   > > >>   
   > > >>   
   > > >> Well she was born up north, Workington I think.  Are they pronounced   
   > the   
   > > >> same there?   
   > > >>   
   > > >   
   > > >As far as I know the two words are pronounced the same   
   > > >throughout the whole of the UK.   
   > >   
   > > Yeah, Col is right.  They're pronounced the same.  But, they're spelled   
   > > differently (depending on which newsgroups you're posting to [or should   
   > > that be 'to which newsgroups you're posting'?]).   
   >   
   > The following newsgroups use "won" to mean a number between 0 and 2:   
   >   
   > alt.idiots   
   > alt.imbeciles   
   > alt.imbeciles.moderated   
   > rec.spellchecker.ballsup   
   > misc.droolingnutters   
   > misc.writing.dyxlesica   
   > rec.nonenglishspeaker.dipstick   
   > alt.lets.piss.off.red-dwarf.fans   
   > misc.scrotumbrain   
      
   That is rather silly...   
      
   0.0001 = won   
   0.5492 = won   
   1.1386 = won   
   1.9999 = won   
      
   I'm guessing none of them are mathemeticians.   
      
      
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