RE: [xml-dev] Re: maps

From
Bullard, Claude L (Len) <>
To
'John Cowan' <>
Date
2002-08-06T19:14:17Z
ID
<2C61CCE8A870D211A523080009B94E430752B780@HQ5>
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] Re: maps
The challenge of idioms is to confront the 
relationship of locale to the habits of interpretation, 
aka, semiosis.

No sign fits all. :-)

len

From: John Cowan [mailto:]

This was actually a booby trap: the style 12.15 (for a time) is perfectly
common in the U.K., maybe even standard.  But it means 15 minutes after 12,
not 12.15 hours after midnight.