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From: brg@netcom.com (Bruce R. Gilson)
Subject: Re: Free formation of i-gua adjectives
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In article <peGquCA8S8DzEwoh@drummond.demon.co.uk>,
John Fisher  <john@drummond.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <brgE617uz.AIs@netcom.com>, "Bruce R. Gilson"
><brg@netcom.com> writes


>>Most of us in the US have no idea what "A7 format" is. Even if you gave
>>the dimensions in millimeters, I might be able to work it out into inches,
>>but standard European paper sizes are a mystery on this side of the Atlantic.

>Well, I've got a sheet of A4 here.  Fold it in half, that's A5, and
>again, and again, that's A7.  105mm x 75mm, very approximately.



In terms of units I have better feel for, that's 4"x3". Moch bigger than any
stamp I've ever seen. Whoever it was that said that a postcard was more
appropriate as a measure of the size would appear to be closer to the mark.

                                Bruce R. Gilson
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