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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:04:49 +1300
From: Richard Sutherland-Smith <richard.ssnospamr.net.nz>
Subject: Re: AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHGG  -nt



In message <1096856229snznospamrak.demon.co.uk>
          amesnospamrak.demon.co.uk (Andrew Stephenson) wrote:

> In article <rao0m0h4h9mqgcb2mo3ka8jmn2uqv59r1knospamcom>
>          nothingherenospamcom "Retro Bob" writes:
> 
> > On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 02:03:19 GMT, amesnospamrak.demon.co.uk (Andrew
> > Stephenson) wrote:

> 
> I used to work at a UK factory which made telephone equipment (eg
> exchanges).  On one old wiring diagram I found the codes for wire
> colours included 'N' and was told it meant "niger" (one 'g'): in
> other words, the Latin for "black".  When that usage was current,
> it was racially neutral; but time changed that.  So 'N' as a code
> for wires long ago became 'BK'.
> --
> Andrew Stephenson
> 
Or Sv for SAAB black!!
-- 

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