On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Jim Abraham wrote:

> It is actually an "r" sign. "c" and "e" were thought to be sufficiently
> similar as to be confusing, so "r" was used in place of "c".
>
> Jim

Is it a coincidence that the "r" looks like the Gothic "c"?
Peter.

the next auto-quote is:
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
(Dwight D. Eisenhower)
which explains why we're out of coin ...
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Peter Nightingale                  Telephone (401) 874-5882
Department of Physics, East Hall   Fax (401) 874-2380
University of Rhode Island         Kingston, RI 02881



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