Re: Expressing fractions

From: Rolleston (rolleston_at_onetel.net.uk)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:22:50 +0000

Lee Sau Dan wrote:
> But why should I assume the asker is an American?
:
> Assume what? How many Americans are there in the whole world? I'll
> have less than 5% chance of making the right assumption.

Did you not read this earlier reply to you:

Tony Cooper wrote:
> What I'm trying to tell you, in a polite way, is that changing
> our money to different coinage or different sized notes is not
> something that *Americans* consider to be a priority. Most of
> us are quite satisfied with the current coins and notes and have
> no trouble dealing with them.

?

I think we can say there's a slight hint hidden there.

R.