7.1590, Disc: Salu2 - words written with numbers

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-1590. Sat Nov 9 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  46
 
Subject: 7.1590, Disc: Salu2 - words written with numbers
 
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Date:  Thu, 31 Oct 1996 10:12:19 +0100
From:  dag.gundersen at inl.uio.no (Dag Gundersen)
Subject:  Re: 7.1532, Sum: Salu2 - words written with numbers
 
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Date:  Thu, 31 Oct 1996 10:12:19 +0100
From:  dag.gundersen at inl.uio.no (Dag Gundersen)
Subject:  Re: 7.1532, Sum: Salu2 - words written with numbers
 
You probably know the old anecdote about Frederic the Great of Prussia
who sent his friend Voltaire the following invitation:
 
p =EO  6 1          100
and got the answer:    G  a
 
which was supposed to mean: Un souper =E0 Sans Souci, and: J'ai grand
appetit.
 
Best wishes,
Dag Gundersen
Univ. of Oslo
 
 
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