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Re: EuroCurrency

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From: Tony Houghton
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 00:00
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In article <32B56E91.6FBD@dev.madge.com>
          Ian Griffiths <igriffit@dev.madge.com> wrote:

> Acorn produce the only machines I've ever seen where you can 
               ^d
> actually type the international currency symbol.


> >   No doubt the disco drug culture will soon be discussing the
> > question
> > 
> >  " ... how many E's for an 'e'... "
> 
> I'll have an E please Bob!

I remember watching "Look and Read" a year or two ago and being amazed
that they still had that "Wizard Magic E" sketch from years ago. The
rest of the show was devoted to How to Speak Geordie, which does seem to
be helpful for a showbiz career these days.

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From: Tony Houghton <curler@tonyh.tcp.co.uk>
Subject: Re: EuroCurrency
Date: 1996/12/16
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