Re: Letters with **three** cases?

Lee Sau Dan wrote:
> >>>>> "Tommi" == Tommi Nieminen <tommiDOTnieminen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Tommi> If you ever come to Finland,
>
> I've been to Helsinki twice.
>
>
> Tommi> you'd better prepare for the sight of whole busloads of
> Tommi> people sitting with their cellphones tightly in their claws
> Tommi> and busily tapping the keys :-)
>
> I didn't notice that. Maybe things have changed since my last visit
> in 2002?
>
>
> Tommi> Finns don't like talking, at least not aloud or in public
> Tommi> places, so SMS's were truly the God's gift to us. (Okay,
> Tommi> light sarcasm here :-))
>
> In some cities (not in Finland), use of mobile phones is forbidden on
> public transport. The rationale is that buses and trains have a metal
> shell, which shield the radio waves. So, the mobile phones can't
> receive well, and they would then switch to higher-power modes and
> emit more radiation. This higher level of radiation is assumed to be
> harmful to other passengers. So, many law-makers accept this "theory"
> and hence have passed laws to forbid the use of mobile phones in
> public vehicles!
>
>
>
> --
> Lee Sau Dan 李守敦 ~{@nJX6X~}
>
> E-mail: danlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Home page: http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee

In the UK, some trains have carriages in which phones are permitted and
others in which they are forbidden. Some people want to be able to use
their phone at any time but others are irritated by the calls of
others.

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Seán O'Leathlóbhair

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