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On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We would have to skip a few - 3.I and 3.O are too confusing, and 3.X
> would wreak havoc with people's heads. But then, so would 3.A...
>
> Let's do this. Wreak the havoc. Unleash the folly. Dispel the sanity!
>

There would also be

3.<
3.>
3.=

Not to mention that if the number increased a lot, we would eventually
hit "other numbers" and get 3.<circled one>, etc.

-- 
Bernardo Sulzbach