Re: Riva TNT cards...

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From: Darter
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00

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In article <926764475.21985.0.nnrp-12.d4e48b20@news.demon.co.uk>,
Alisdair Wren <alisdair@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>Rob <TheSkilled1@high-ridge.spamenot.demon.co.uk> uttered thus:
>>50ukp? does this mean 50 United Kingdom Price? as in �50?
>
>United Kingdom Pounds.  The correct abbreviation is, however, GBP = 
>Great British Pounds, at least that's what ISO say.
>
Yeah its a convention because not everyone has the �(GBP) character 
and you can end up with just a number or a funny block in front of the
number, making it impossible for someone in a foreign country to assess
how much money you are talking about
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Subject: Re: Riva TNT cards...
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