Monsieur...
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 21 Dec 1999
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Dan Parmenter — 21 Dec 1999, 10:38

> From: "Mitch Bailey" <chemmie at 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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