Re: 19 (SPOILER)

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From: Claus Tondering
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 09:24

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ct@dde.dk (Claus Tondering) writes:

>What computer operating system could be spelled thus:

>		19

The answer I had in mind was UNIX. (UN=1 in French, IX=9 in Roman
numerals.)

In fact you might also spell UNIX thus: -9.

-9 is the opposite of 9. Opposites are in English indicated by the
prefix 'un-'.

-- 
Claus Tondering
Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark
E-mail: ct@dde.dk

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From: ct@dde.dk (Claus Tondering)
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Subject: Re: 19 (SPOILER)
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Date: 8 Jan 93 09:24:20 GMT
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