Michael Everson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It was more common in Germany, Sweden, and Estonia earlier this century than > it is today. And later: > OK, Michael gets to be scapegoat for being the first to gaffe this way on > the Unicode list. In early January, our local newspaper run an article, titled (my translation) "Neglected catastrophes" which went along the following lines (from memory): These days, the gutter press has exercised uncommon restrain, letting slip a number of opportunities to report about extra- ordinary catastrophes. During a sylvester party on ..., an island right behind the international date line, on January 1st, 0:05 h local time, a glass of champaign has been knocked over: this was the greatest flooding in this century, so far. In the night of Jan. 1st, the thermometer read -1°C, on the Brocken mountain: the lowest temperature recorded in Germany in this century, so far. And so forth, almost a whole column. Twas fun to read. Best wishes, Otto Stolz
