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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: MAC address with Win32 bindings.
Date: 11 Nov 2003 07:08:46 +0000
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"Beard, Frank Randolph CIV" <frank.beard@navy.mil> writes:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Wright [mailto:simon@pushface.org]
> 
> > People in this newsgroup tend to get agitated when the language is
> > spelt ADA instead of Ada (ADA => Americans with Disabilities Act or
>     ^
>     |
> What does wheat have to do with the spelling of Ada?  ;-)

It took me a while to understand this one!!

I do regret the decay of irregular forms in modern English (both sides
of the Atlantic) -- eg, 'shined' for 'shone'.

-- 
Simon Wright                               100% Ada, no bugs.