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From: "Rainer Thiel" <thielr@Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE>
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Subject: RE: TAN: TAN and more tan
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:37:14 +0200
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> Are there any European languages where it is *not* written
> DM/F/fl/L 10, rather than the other way round? I'm blanking on=20
> ModGreek and don't know about the Slavic languages.
> And do we all say 10 pounds, 10 francs, Mark, etc.?

As to Germany, it should be written "DM 10,--", but "10,-- DM" is fairly =
common, as well, presumably under the influence of what we say: "10 =
Mark".=20

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