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Joseph Testagrose
November 22nd 11, 11:24 AM
Steven P. McNicoll[_3_]
December 1st 11, 05:08 PM
Joseph Testagrose wrote:

Short Stirling, not sterling, named for the city in Scotland.
ŽiŠardo
December 1st 11, 05:35 PM
On 01/12/2011 17:08, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
> Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>
> Short Stirling, not sterling, named for the city in Scotland.
>
>

Yes, my money's on that.

;-)

When I was in Scotland, many, many years ago, my Glaswegian host told me
that when a new stretch of road had been opened locally, gantry signs
had similarly misspelt the city's name as "Sterling". Red faces all
round and a hurried replacement of said sign.

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Steven P. McNicoll[_3_]
December 1st 11, 07:51 PM
ŽiŠardo wrote:
> On 01/12/2011 17:08, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
>> Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>
>> Short Stirling, not sterling, named for the city in Scotland.
>>
>>
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> Yes, my money's on that.
>

Ł
ŽiŠardo
December 1st 11, 08:05 PM
On 01/12/2011 19:51, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
> ŽiŠardo wrote:
>> On 01/12/2011 17:08, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
>>> Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>>
>>> Short Stirling, not sterling, named for the city in Scotland.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, my money's on that.
>>
>
> Ł
>
>

Pound for pound!

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