Re: List with special character escapes

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Date	2013-07-23 10:38 -0700
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Subject	Re: List with special character escapes
From	Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com>

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On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:16:42 AM UTC-4, ken wrote:

> Hmm, I thought that was the Euro cent symbol, I thought the US one was 
> just a small c. Oh well, I am not an American, therefore not expected to 
> recognise the US cent symbol :-)

Goes back to at least 1877 in the USA.
http://books.google.com/books?id=LORHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA23

Of course it may be that it was imported from some other currency. The 
meaning of "cent" comes from Latin, of course.

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List with special character escapes Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2013-07-19 10:50 +0200
  Re: List with special character escapes ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2013-07-19 13:24 +0100
    Re: List with special character escapes Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2013-07-20 10:15 +0200
      Re: List with special character escapes ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2013-07-20 12:13 +0100
        Re: List with special character escapes Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2013-07-20 16:29 +0200
          Re: List with special character escapes luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-20 10:46 -0700
            Re: List with special character escapes Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2013-07-20 21:39 +0200
              Re: List with special character escapes luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-20 13:36 -0700
                Re: List with special character escapes Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2013-07-20 23:13 +0200
        Re: List with special character escapes Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com> - 2013-07-22 14:30 -0700
          Re: List with special character escapes ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2013-07-23 07:48 +0100
            Re: List with special character escapes Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com> - 2013-07-23 07:08 -0700
              Re: List with special character escapes ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2013-07-23 16:16 +0100
                Re: List with special character escapes Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com> - 2013-07-23 10:38 -0700

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