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   Paul S Person to bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
   Re: A House of Dynamite (2025)   
   18 Nov 25 08:24:29   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sci.math   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:36:01 -0800, Bobbie Sellers   
    wrote:   
      
      
      
   >	Double Naught Seven.  Naught=Zero or the numeral "0".   
   >   
   >	You have to have studied how the English schools taught mathematics   
   >especially arithmetic.   
   >	   
   >	Frequently the N is silent.   
      
   Thus grouping it, apparently, with "nauger" and a few others.   
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