Re: Floppies

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Subject	Re: Floppies
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:27:34 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

>On 2025-09-29 03:15, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>      Why English usage is in the Header line I do not know but
>> a lot us Usenetters are hair-splitters.
>
>At some point the thread drifted into English language usage, then 
>drifted again and no one thought to remove that group.

The English usage point was the distinction between floppies,
minifloppies and microfloppies (sometimes called "stiffies"); and the
distinction between disks, discs and diskettes.

If follow-ups don't deal with English usage, then remove aue from the
follow-ups line, and if they don't relate to Linux, remove colm. It's
that simple.

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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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  Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-23 13:42 +0200
    Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-23 13:36 +0100
      Re: Floppies Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-23 15:24 +0100
        Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-23 17:23 +0100
        Re: Floppies Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-23 09:51 -0700
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      Re: Floppies "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-28 14:25 +0200
        Re: Floppies Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2025-09-28 14:45 +0200
          Re: Floppies Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-29 02:30 +0200
            Re: Floppies Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-28 18:15 -0700
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        Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 15:16 +0100
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                Re: climate change Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-01 03:53 +0000
                Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 10:00 +0100
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                Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 12:50 +0100
                Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-30 02:31 +0000
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                Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-30 20:52 +0000
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                Re: climate change, was Re: Floppies The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-30 10:27 +0100
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