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In <adinkin-ya023180002603971430550001@news.usa1.com>, adinkin@commschool.org (Aaron J. Dinkin) writes:
>In article <1997032119070310741@isdn78.hrz.uni-siegen.de>,
>holger_s@studm.hrz.uni-siegen.de (Kuddel) wrote:
>
>>Martin Ward <martin@ward-hull.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Pi day
>>> 
>>> I saw a posting in one of the humour groups to the effect that 14 March
>>> is Pi Day because 3/14 was a good approximation to pi.  Someone had
>>> replied that 3/14 was closer to 0.2142857...
>>
>>Pi can be approximated by 22/7 (that's what the anciet Greeks did, when
>>they build wheels) So we 22nd of July should be the Pi day, shouldn't
>>it?
>
>This isn't just a humor group thing - Pi Day was actually observed in
>numerous elemantary schools.
>
>And it's 3.14, people. Not 3/14. And the 22d of July is 7/22.
>
>-Aaron J. Dinkin
>Dr. Whom

Some places on this earth use date/month/year--even year/month/date, 
not the US (and some other places) standard month/date/year.  

Therefore, 22 July would be 22/7 in those places.

Robert R. Chapman, Jr.
chapm19@ibm.net
Lynnwood, WA 98036 USA
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