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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: no == number ? - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 18-Oct-83 20:02:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 18 20:02:06 1983
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Winging it without the aid of a dictionary, I believe it is because
of the Romance word for number, "numero".

The Germans, by the way, abbreviate their word "Nummer" as "Nr."
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