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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [was: What can cause printer to crop top of page?] /etc/papersize is ignored
  @ 2017-12-31 11:11 99%         ` Wols Lists
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From: Wols Lists @ 2017-12-31 11:11 UTC (permalink / raw
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On 31/12/17 10:34, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:26:26 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> 
>>> Actually it was the New York World. So actually imho it was originally
>>> perfectly legit.  
>>
>> I don't agree. In that case it should have been called the New York
>> World Series.
> 
> If they were paying for it, they could call it what they wanted. I assume
> the paper was generally known as "The World" otherwise it would have been
> a waste of marketing money.
> 
> 
Actually, I believe it WAS originally known as The New York World Series.

Then presumably some marketeer decided that was too much of a mouthful,
and dropped the "New York" rather than "World" :-(

Cheers,
Wol


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