CF-xxx vs. C-Fxxx

"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.

On 2005-10-10, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
In what part of America is 'numbers' just an American figure of speech?i

The United States Of.

US
plane registrations are colloquially known as 'N numbers' because they are
predominantly numbers. Many are exclusively numbers.

But not all. People still call their plane registration 'their N-number'
when it's something like N23AD even though the last two characters are
letters.

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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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The United States Of.


That's not the case. Where did you get your information?



But not all. People still call their plane registration 'their N-number'
when it's something like N23AD even though the last two characters are
letters.


You still don't understand. Every US registration has numbers, that's why
they call them N-numbers.

On 2005-10-11, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
But not all. People still call their plane registration 'their N-number'
when it's something like N23AD even though the last two characters are
letters.

You still don't understand. Every US registration has numbers, that's why
they call them N-numbers.

So which base are they in? And if they aren't base 10, why can't we call
Canadian registrations C-numbers?

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Dylan Smith wrote:

US
plane registrations are colloquially known as 'N numbers' because they are
predominantly numbers. Many are exclusively numbers.

But not all. People still call their plane registration 'their N-number'
when it's something like N23AD even though the last two characters are
letters.

N-numbers, tail numbers, or (for cars) license plate numbers. For that
matter, driver's license number. It seems that most identification
codes, whether they be purely numeric or alphanumeric are referred to as
"numbers". Therefore, letters are numbers when they are part of an
identification code, et al.


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You still don't understand. Every US registration has numbers, that's why
they call them N-numbers.

Don't confuse "contains" with "is".

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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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So which base are they in?


A US registration number may have up to five symbols in addition to the
prefix letter "N". These symbols may be all numbers, one to four numbers
and one suffix letter, or one to three numbers and two suffix letters. The
letters "I" and "O" are not be used. The first zero in a number must always
be preceded by at least one of the numbers 1 through 9. The registration
number has no numeric value.



And if they aren't base 10, why can't we call
Canadian registrations C-numbers?


Canadian registrations do not use numbers. You can call them "C-numbers" if
you like, I suppose, but doing so only makes you appear stupid.

"Jose" wrote in message
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Don't confuse "contains" with "is".


I won't.

On 2005-10-12, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
Canadian registrations do not use numbers. You can call them "C-numbers" if
you like, I suppose, but doing so only makes you appear stupid.

Ah. So just like calling a registration like N23AD "your N numbers" also
appears stupid?

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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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Ah. So just like calling a registration like N23AD "your N numbers" also
appears stupid?


No, as 2 and 3 actually ARE numbers.