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Username: Royce
Post Number: 2218
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 5:38 pm: |    |
Does anybody know why this is? |
Charlottepaul
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Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 892
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 5:59 pm: | |
Well, I have a thought: in our architecture office we use all sorts of letters to designate different parts of master plans that we draw, and then reference those letters in a key with more information. The only letter we don't use is an 'I.' I think that it is because it is just basically too associated with a number '1' or Roman Numeral. |
Jimaz
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Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 2076
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 6:02 pm: | |
I is confused with 1. O is confused with zero. There's also no O section in the newspaper.
(I hate sans-serif.)
(Message edited by Jimaz on May 01, 2007) |
Quozl
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Username: Quozl
Post Number: 521
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 6:09 pm: | |
Why ask here Royce? Why don't you call them and find out? |
Charlottepaul
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Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 895
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 6:11 pm: | |
yeah, we don't use the letter 'o' either... |
Aiw
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Username: Aiw
Post Number: 6256
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 6:33 pm: | |
Because there is no "I" in team. |
Rhymeswithrawk
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Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 711
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 9:36 pm: | |
Charlotte's right: I and O sections are not used because of possible confusion with the numbers 1 and 0. |