Re: "big endian" and "little endian"

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From: Alex Colvin
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1989 21:46

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> "four and twenty blackbirds" was a MARKED construction

What about seventeen (seven-ten)?  These are marked because they're
petrified.  But it looks like this used to be the norm.

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From: mac@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Alex Colvin)
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Subject: Re: "big endian" and "little endian"
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