XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:08:15 GMT, throopw@sheol.org (Wayne Throop)   
   wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >After all, *most* mixed-radix systems still write/communicate things   
   >in bigendian fashion.  Three pounds seven ounces.  Five hours and   
   >34 minutes.  Eight months and ten days.  Folks don't normally go about   
   >doing things in littlendian order (or worse, like the US date formats,   
   >chaotic-endian order), unless it's to express an archaism like "four   
   >and twenty blackbirds".  And even that's limited, since, eg,   
   >"four score and seven years".   
      
        Exception: addresses:   
             123 456 W. 7th St.   
             Someplace, Here  CODE   
             Country   
   Some even get into middle-endian:   
             456 W. 7th St., #123   
             Someplace, Here  CODE   
             Country   
      
   [snip]   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)