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Re: [OT] British vs. American English (was Re: Wow, Evolution left me with eggs in my face)



On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 05:56:57 -0400 (EDT), Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure what M$ does mean ;), but I'm sure "Winzigweich" is the
> same as M$ ;).

M$ means Microsoft.  Microsoft is often abbreviated as MS, such as in
the term "MS-DOS".  You can probably guess why the $ is sometimes
substituted for the S.

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