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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Sam" wrote in message news:mailman.7.1207570908.4061.rec.food.sourdough@ www.mountainbitwarrior.com... viince wrote: I think if he'd put 5.3333332 ozs. of flour instead of 5.3333333, the bread wouldn't be so flat. no, the problem was baking time: 35" ! S. No - the " symbol also means minutes. common use in US-English language space appears to be: ' - foot , " - inch and, apparently: ' - minute, " - second Where do you find the " also meaning minutes - AU/UK-English? A web reference is appreciated. The only - kind of matching - reference I could find was: Use the straight single and double quotes ' and " only to denote minutes, seconds, feet, and inches. That's from: http://www.poynton.com/notes/typesetting/index.html and the author is from Canada. Sam |
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On 13 Apr, 15:56, Sam wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote: "Sam" wrote in message Hi Sam, You're right it's seconds, even on this side of the Atlantic. Jim news:mailman.7.1207570908.4061.rec.food.sourdough @www.mountainbitwarrior.com... ... common use in US-English *language space appears to be: ' - foot , " - inch and, apparently: ' - minute, " - second Where do you find *the *" also meaning minutes - AU/UK-English? A web reference is appreciated. The only - kind of matching - reference I could find was: Use the straight single and double quotes ' and " only to denote minutes, seconds, feet, and inches. That's from:http://www.poynton.com/notes/typesetting/index.html and the author is from Canada. Sam |
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Sam wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote: "Sam" wrote in message news:mailman.7.1207570908.4061.rec.food.sourdough@ www.mountainbitwarrior.com... viince wrote: I think if he'd put 5.3333332 ozs. of flour instead of 5.3333333, the bread wouldn't be so flat. no, the problem was baking time: 35" ! S. No - the " symbol also means minutes. common use in US-English language space appears to be: ' - foot , " - inch and, apparently: ' - minute, " - second Where do you find the " also meaning minutes - AU/UK-English? A web reference is appreciated. The only - kind of matching - reference I could find was: Use the straight single and double quotes ' and " only to denote minutes, seconds, feet, and inches. That's from: http://www.poynton.com/notes/typesetting/index.html and the author is from Canada. Sam And the archaic thirds! ''' (For which we do not have single symbol...) |
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"graham" wrote in message news:y8pMj.47709$rd2.362@pd7urf3no... "Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... "Sam" wrote in message news:mailman.7.1207570908.4061.rec.food.sourdough@ www.mountainbitwarrior.com... viince wrote: I think if he'd put 5.3333332 ozs. of flour instead of 5.3333333, the bread wouldn't be so flat. no, the problem was baking time: 35" ! S. No - the " symbol also means minutes. Seconds! Graham Just testing! |