Hello Miles.

31 Aug 04 04:50, you wrote to David Williams:

 MM> G'morning David,

 MM> You wrote to Jason saying...

 DW>> Sergei is Russian. Maybe he hasn't come across the abbreviation
 DW>> "typo" before. (Sergei: It's short for
"typographical error".
 DW>> Basically, it's a mistake that has been made while using a
 DW>> typewriter-type keyboard.) But I'm surprised that you haven't
 DW>> come across it in New Zealand!

 MM> It's been part of the NZ printing industry since Maui fished the
 MM> place up,

:)

 MM>  but ASAIK Jason lives in Australia - a different
 MM> continent and one and a half cultures away across the Tasman sea.

 MM> Or have you moved recently, Jason ?

I've been living in Australia for the past 10 years, but I learned to read
(and to post fidonet messages) In New Zealand :)

It's more o matter of who is misunderstanding whom :)

Jasen

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