Posted by NYC XYZ on 04/26/75 11:36

I'm not disagreeing with you. Just pointing out that paper presses
understand capital M (how the Romans used to write it -- there was no
such thing as lower-case then) as one thousand.



Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
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> We ALL use the METRIC system these days. So do DISC "publishers"
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> I'd bet that book publisher do as well.
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> Little m is mille or 1/1000.
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> Little k is kilo 1000
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> Capital M is Mega or MILLION.

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