5.0237 Rs: Biblio SW (Citation); Number Words (2/38)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Fri, 19 Jul 1991 11:27:56 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0237. Friday, 19 Jul 1991.

(1) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1991 10:51:13 -0400 (12 lines)
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (Willard McCarty)
Subject: the teens &c.

(2) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 91 09:42 EST (26 lines)
From: Tom Rusk Vickery <TVICKERY@SUNRISE>
Subject: WP Citation

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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1991 10:51:13 -0400
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (Willard McCarty)
Subject: the teens &c.

In response to Eric Rabkin's query about words for numbers between 11
and 19, presumed not to have been written about: see Karl Menninger,
_Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers_ ,
trans. Paul Broneer (MIT Press, 1969): pp. 84-6. An interesting book
throughout.

Willard McCarty

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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 91 09:42 EST
From: Tom Rusk Vickery <TVICKERY@SUNRISE>
Subject: WP Citation

I bought Citation for WordPerfect and was really quite impressed with its
features until I tried to use it. As a trial run of a dozen or so entries,
I asked it to put them in one of the formats it "supports," and it began to
churn away at its task. After about fifteen minutes of churning, I decided
I wanted my computer back and cancelled the operation. My machine--a 386SX
16mHz--is no speed burner but it is faster than most machines in use today.
And if Citation takes that long to reformat a dozen or so entries on my
machine, it would take all night on a PC or XT or the equivalent.

Have other had comparable experience?

T.

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