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Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?



On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:44:09PM +0200, Henrik Christian Grove wrote:
> Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > What about the very annoying people around who are neither
> > British/Canadian nor native from USA (I hate the word "American")?:-)

> May I suggest USA'nian. (I'm not sure the apostrophe is the correct
> character to use in that kind of construction).

Since USA stands for United States of America, then the
residents would have just an extra n.
So USAn. (Pronounced U S Anne I expect.)

Which, if you are referring to your friend Anne, from the
USA, would make her USAn Anne. ^_^

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