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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Date: 23 Sep 1997 00:18:32 +0200
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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Do you think the substitution has any value now?

I recently received a mail from "Charlie &" which was supposed to be
"Charlie Root".  So it's still being used somewhere, but it's quite
rare.  I'd say ditch it.  It's much more common nowadays to get maiil
from "Tweety & Budgie Birds", which looks rather strange displayed as
"Tweety Birds Budgie Birds".  

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

