My apologies, and I seem to be pushing the evelope of original intent for
the FRIAM list, but I find this sort of anthropology of numbers topic an
interesting problem that converges on interesting questions in how we
design, say, databases or UIs that are applicable anywhere, anytime.
So for
Some mistake, surely? An English rainbow has seven colours, not six. Hence
the mnemonic taught to all school children Richard of York gave battle in
vain. (V for violet rather than purple).
R
On 11/30/06, J T Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My apologies, and I seem to be pushing the evelope
