somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 4/19/02 11:52 AM, the entity
known as Laurent Daudelin transmitted the following from
laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com:
> In French, we say "points
> cardinaux", but I have no idea in English!)
Actually there's an English phrase exactly like that... the cardinal
points. Usually, though, they're referred to as the points of the compass.
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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