Re: Too narrowly defined: DIVISION SIGN & COLON

From: Asmus Freytag <asmusf_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:14:03 -0700

On 7/10/2012 1:38 PM, Julian Bradfield wrote:
> On 2012-07-10, Asmus Freytag <asmusf_at_ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> On 7/10/2012 3:50 AM, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
>>> Asmus Freytag, Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:32:47 -0700:
>>>> The European use (this is not limited to Scandinavia)
>>> Thanks. It seems to me that that this tradition is not without a link
>>> to the (also) European tradition of *not* using the DIVISION SIGN (รท)
>>> for division.
>> Is it _ever_ used for division? I'm curious, right now I can't recall
>> ever having seen an example.
> Depends whether you think Britain is in Europe;-)
>
That's a lovely question...

A./
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