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Old October 10th 05, 08:24 PM
Steven P. McNicoll
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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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All of them, as previously explained.


Previous "explanations" were out of context.



(As an aside to all the pedantry that's bouncing around this thread, I
think you must realise that 'numbers' is just an American figure of
speech; after all, in the US plane registrations are colloquially known
as 'N numbers', even though quite frequently the last one or two digits
is a letter, and is probably not intended to be base 36!


In what part of America is 'numbers' just an American figure of speech? US
plane registrations are colloquially known as 'N numbers' because they are
predominantly numbers. Many are exclusively numbers.