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Re: Set names and numbers
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 22 Jul 1999 13:32:40 GMT
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ...
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> So what would people think about instead using a convention that sets
> are always identified by the number, and where posters know (or don't mind
> looking up) the US name
> of the set (with the lugnet database being the definitive name in case
> of conflict) they use the name as well?
Fine by me, but could everyone please keep using the numbers as well,
because the names the U.S. use will typically be totally (unfathomably?)
different from the names I know the sets by, living outside the U.S. (as
many other LUGNET users do).
Thanks,
Paul
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| Here's a possible controversial debate... The general convention on lugnet seems to be that sets are referred to by their numbers only in most postings. Now I'm a great fan of Lego - I've spent hours on end poring over old Lego catalogues for the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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