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Re: lynx-dev (patch) INSTALLATION & Options refs
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Doug Kaufman |
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Re: lynx-dev (patch) INSTALLATION & Options refs |
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Sat, 27 Nov 1999 18:01:49 -0800 (PST) |
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Philip Webb wrote:
> `cp' is a standard English abbreviation for `compare':
> the majority of English speakers (incl non-natives) should know it.
Perhaps this is true in Canada. I have lived in several parts of the
United States and consider myself fairly literate. I have never seen
that abbreviation used, either academically or in the community. I did
find it in the dictionary to mean either compare or coupon.
Doug
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