On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 09:57 -0500, Robert Ammerman wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Olin Lathrop" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:02 AM > Subject: Re: [OT] IQ test wanted.. . > > > > Russell McMahon wrote: > >> xxxxhaste is the big give away I > >> think as "haste" is a rare enough word in general usage that any fancy > >> usage of it tends to be memorable. > > > > I actually briefly thought of posthaste for that reason, but dismissed > > post > > as the prefix because it didn't make sense for several of the other words. > > Did any americans not that familiar with UK english get this question > > correctly? > > Yes: but only by a decision that it couldn't be anything else, and that the > resulting words seemed 'reasonable'. Also, I was aware that Canada called > there equivalent of a Zip code a 'postecode'. Actually, in Canada it's a postal code. Postcode (or postecode as you have it spelled) isn't a word you'd normally hear in Canada. TTYL ----------------------------- Herbert's PIC Stuff: http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist