From: Dan Parmenter <dan@lec.com>
Subject: (urth) Monsieur...
Date: 21 Dec 1999 10:38:29 

From: "Mitch Bailey" <chemmie@mindspring.com>

> This of course comes to us from the man who had a character spend his =
> entire childhood reading "M*MILLION" as Monsieur Million.

Hmmm, I always assumed the plate read: M . Million  

Sometimes a dot is used to indicate multiplication.  "Monsieur" is
often abbreviated to "M."  

Et voila!

Or did I miss the point completely?

D


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