From: Stefan v. d. W. <st...@su...> - 2006-11-06 21:43:03
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On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 03:10:20PM -0500, Colin J. Williams wrote: > Many thanks. In general, there is sense in the Python dictum about hav= ing one > way to do things. Although, in this case [length] vs length for one di= mension > doesn't > exercise me greatly. I would be a bit more concerned about synonyms. >=20 > Nobody has proposed using English yet - zeroes. If Cambridge Advanced Learner's is happy with zeros, then so we should be: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=3D92164&dict=3DCALD zero Show phonetics noun plural zeros or zeroes 1 [C or U] (the number) 0; nothing: I think the American-english speakers on the list outnumber the rest of us, so we'd better be careful :) Cheers St=E9fan |