googled wrote:
> "sechumlib" wrote in message
> news:U7g7f.16429$Bv6.3791@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>
>>googled wrote:
>>
>>
>>>O'tay, back to the original post, our Canadian friend posted ".50c" not
>>>".50¢". "c" is not equivalent to "¢" just as "S" is not equivalent to
>
> "$".
>
>>The point I was trying to make, which you have missed entirely, is that
>>designations of cents become meaningless if you put a decimal point into
>>them at an idiotic place. Doesn't matter whether it's US or Canadian
>
> cents.
>
> If our Canadian friend had posted ".50¢" or ".50¢c" ".50c¢" you would have a
> point to make, but they didn't. Here is a cut and paste of the relevant
> section of the post: "it sucks when you go to buy a stamp for the post
> price of .50c and you have to pay .54c because of GST." There is no "¢"
> anywhere in the post.
>
>
I suppose that there is simply a great deal of assuming going on. Mine
was that the c was for 'canadian' to designate the currency rather than
'cents' for an amount. Probably silly but it appeared reasonable.
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