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Subject: RE: [ubl-dev] GBP and GBp
Having lived in the UK most of my life, I can assure you that I have never seen
GBp used anywhere.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Walker [mailto:adrianw@snet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 1:11 PM
> To: William J. Kammerer
> Cc: ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [ubl-dev] Code list extensibility and substitution groups
>
> Hi --
>
> A tangential thought... I believe that in common UK usage, GBP and GBp
> mean different things, by a factor of 100 !
>
> It's good to see that ISO does not sanction the latter. But if it's tucked
> away somewhere in XML, it could lead to dramatic mistakes.
>
> One wonders how many people think they are 100 times richer than they
> really are.
>
> Cheers, -- Adrian
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