I have been a mail-order member of BB for many years but in the light of a 
possible lengthy postal strike just before Christmas I decided it might be a 
good idea to work on-line. (At least the order would get to them even if 
delivery might be more problematic.)

When I started the registration process I was offered the usual drop-down 
menu for style. "Mr" was the offered option but out of idle curiosity I 
opened the menu to find a range of about two dozen styles, ranging from Air 
Marshal through Canon, Dowager, The Princess and many more.

I hadn't realised what elevated company I was keeping in my search for cheap 
books.

I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the prices were 
in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on it. Any idea what 
this might be, because I don't think the currency exchange in town here 
deals with it.

Mike Ruddock

In message , Mike Ruddock 
 writes
>I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the prices 
>were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on it. Any 
>idea what this might be, because I don't think the currency exchange in 
>town here deals with it.
>
Japanese yen (I think)

Sincerely Chris
>Mike Ruddock

-- 
Chris McMillan
sig line taking a holiday

In message <gEmaVPIpoc8KFw3Z@chris.mcmillan>, chris mcmillan 
 writes
>In message , Mike Ruddock 
> writes
>>I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the prices 
>>were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on it. Any 
>>idea what this might be, because I don't think the currency exchange 
>>in town here deals with it.
>>
>Japanese yen (I think)
>
>Sincerely Chris
>>Mike Ruddock
>
I should think that the Japanese yen for very similar things to the rest 
of us in the world don't they?
-- 
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In message <OAV6APCNIe8KFAjx@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan 
 writes
>In message <gEmaVPIpoc8KFw3Z@chris.mcmillan>, chris mcmillan 
> writes
>>In message , Mike Ruddock 
>> writes
>>>I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the 
>>>prices were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on 
>>>it. Any idea what this might be, because I don't think the currency 
>>>exchange in town here deals with it.
>>>
>>Japanese yen (I think)
>>
>>Sincerely Chris
>>>Mike Ruddock
>>
>I should think that the Japanese yen for very similar things to the 
>rest of us in the world don't they?

What can I do with you??

Sincerely chris
-- 
Chris McMillan
sig line taking a holiday

chris mcmillan wrote:
> In message , Mike Ruddock 
>  writes
>> I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the prices 
>> were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on it. Any 
>> idea what this might be, because I don't think the currency exchange 
>> in town here deals with it.
>>
> Japanese yen (I think)

The Yen symbol is like a Y with two horizontal bars just below the 
centre.  That doesn't sound like what you saw, which is used in Welsh to 
indicate stress in a word, and (I discover) in Faroese, Icelandic and 
Turkmen.

-- 
David

In article <D2Ryp+N2Xf8KFwhX@chris.mcmillan>, spam.tin@ntlworld.com 
says...
> 
> In message <OAV6APCNIe8KFAjx@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan 
>  writes
> >In message <gEmaVPIpoc8KFw3Z@chris.mcmillan>, chris mcmillan 
> > writes
> >>In message , Mike Ruddock 
> >> writes
> >>>I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the 
> >>>prices were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on 
> >>>it. Any idea what this might be, because I don't think the currency 
> >>>exchange in town here deals with it.
> >>>
> >>Japanese yen (I think)
> >>
> >>Sincerely Chris
> >>>Mike Ruddock
> >>
> >I should think that the Japanese yen for very similar things to the 
> >rest of us in the world don't they?
> 
> What can I do with you??
> 
Careful Chris.  You may have started the longest thread in umra history.

"Hop on the bus, Gus 
You don't need to discuss much 
Just drop off the key, Lee 
And get yourself free..."

-- 
Sam

"Mike Ruddock"  wrote in message 
news:7ldh09F3dn2lkU1@mid.individual.net...
>I have been a mail-order member of BB for many years but in the light of a 
>possible lengthy postal strike just before Christmas I decided it might be 
>a good idea to work on-line. (At least the order would get to them even if 
>delivery might be more problematic.)
>
> When I started the registration process I was offered the usual drop-down 
> menu for style. "Mr" was the offered option but out of idle curiosity I 
> opened the menu to find a range of about two dozen styles, ranging from 
> Air Marshal through Canon, Dowager, The Princess and many more.
>
> I hadn't realised what elevated company I was keeping in my search for 
> cheap books.
>
> I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the prices 
> were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on it. Any idea 
> what this might be, because I don't think the currency exchange in town 
> here deals with it.
>
That's one of the symbols that comes up occasionally when your equipment 
can't deal with the symbol it's supposed to be showing, for some reason. 
It's probably a pound. But you'd probably already figured that out.

ally

"a l l y"  writes:

> "Mike Ruddock"  wrote in message 
> news:7ldh09F3dn2lkU1@mid.individual.net...
>>I have been a mail-order member of BB for many years but in the light of a 
>>possible lengthy postal strike just before Christmas I decided it might be 
>>a good idea to work on-line. (At least the order would get to them even if 
>>delivery might be more problematic.)
>>
>> When I started the registration process I was offered the usual drop-down 
>> menu for style. "Mr" was the offered option but out of idle curiosity I 
>> opened the menu to find a range of about two dozen styles, ranging from 
>> Air Marshal through Canon, Dowager, The Princess and many more.
>>
>> I hadn't realised what elevated company I was keeping in my search for 
>> cheap books.
>>
>> I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the prices 
>> were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on it. Any idea 
>> what this might be, because I don't think the currency exchange in town 
>> here deals with it.
>>
> That's one of the symbols that comes up occasionally when your equipment 
> can't deal with the symbol it's supposed to be showing, for some reason. 
> It's probably a pound. But you'd probably already figured that out.

y-with-an-umlaut: 'ÿ' lives as character 255 (all ones in 8-bit binary) in
a number of character sets, so will pop up when something has gone
wrong.

There's another symbol, which looks like an o with four corners on it
'¤' (which, rather wittily, I get by typing compose-o-x) which systems
are supposed to use if they don't have the appropriate currency sign.  
-- 
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In message , Plusnet 
 writes
>In article <D2Ryp+N2Xf8KFwhX@chris.mcmillan>, spam.tin@ntlworld.com
>says...
>>
>> In message <OAV6APCNIe8KFAjx@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan
>>  writes
>> >In message <gEmaVPIpoc8KFw3Z@chris.mcmillan>, chris mcmillan
>> > writes
>> >>In message , Mike Ruddock
>> >> writes
>> >>>I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the
>> >>>prices were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on
>> >>>it. Any idea what this might be, because I don't think the currency
>> >>>exchange in town here deals with it.
>> >>>
>> >>Japanese yen (I think)
>> >>
>> >>Sincerely Chris
>> >>>Mike Ruddock
>> >>
>> >I should think that the Japanese yen for very similar things to the
>> >rest of us in the world don't they?
>>
>> What can I do with you??
>>
>Careful Chris.  You may have started the longest thread in umra history.
>
>"Hop on the bus, Gus
>You don't need to discuss much
>Just drop off the key, Lee
>And get yourself free..."
>
;-(

Sincerely Chris

-- 
Chris McMillan
sig line taking a holiday

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:45:26 +0000, chris mcmillan
 wrote:

>In message <OAV6APCNIe8KFAjx@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan 
> writes
>>In message <gEmaVPIpoc8KFw3Z@chris.mcmillan>, chris mcmillan 
>> writes
>>>In message , Mike Ruddock 
>>> writes
>>>>I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the 
>>>>prices were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on 
>>>>it. Any idea what this might be, because I don't think the currency 
>>>>exchange in town here deals with it.
>>>>
>>>Japanese yen (I think)
>>>
>>>Sincerely Chris
>>>>Mike Ruddock
>>>
>>I should think that the Japanese yen for very similar things to the 
>>rest of us in the world don't they?
>
>What can I do with you??
>
As someone recently wrote "I don't think we want to know about your
private life"

lff

"Nick"  wrote

> y-with-an-umlaut: 'ÿ' lives as character 255 (all ones in 8-bit binary) in
> a number of character sets, so will pop up when something has gone
> wrong.

Or when writing about Eugène Ysaÿe, which is the only time I've ever seen it 
used.
-- 
Sid
Make sure Matron is away when you reply

chris mcmillan  writes:
>Mike Ruddock  writes
>>I noted that when they acknowledged receipt of my order all the prices 
>>were in some currency denoted by a y with an acute accent on it. Any 
>>idea what this might be, because I don't think the currency exchange in 
>>town here deals with it.
>
>Japanese yen (I think)

in my limited experience of japan, the yen abbreviation was a capital
y with its vertical stroke crossed with two horizontals.
-- 
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge

Siderius Nuncius wrote:
> "Nick"  wrote
> 
>> y-with-an-umlaut: 'ÿ' lives as character 255 (all ones in 8-bit binary) in
>> a number of character sets, so will pop up when something has gone
>> wrong.
> 
> Or when writing about Eugène Ysaÿe, which is the only time I've ever seen it 
> used.

A man immortalised by Music Hall comedians ever since.

-- 
Stephen

You shall this twelvemonth term from day to day
Visit the speechless sick and still converse
With groaning wretches, and your task shall be
With all the fierce endeavour of thy wit
To enforce the pained impotent to smile.