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Re: What's in a word?

#19809 01/03/03 05:52 PM

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Just to add to the confusion, in the U.K. the most commonly used term here would be "isolator."

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
What's in a word?	Redsy	01/03/03 03:11 PM
Re: What's in a word?	Pearlfish	01/03/03 03:14 PM
Re: What's in a word?	Joe Tedesco	01/03/03 03:23 PM
Re: What's in a word?	Trainwire	01/03/03 03:46 PM
Re: What's in a word?	classicsat	01/03/03 04:08 PM
Re: What's in a word?	Redsy	01/03/03 06:58 PM
Re: What's in a word?	HotLine1	01/03/03 07:32 PM
Re: What's in a word?	Scotts	01/03/03 08:36 PM
Re: What's in a word?	pauluk	01/03/03 09:52 PM
Re: What's in a word?	JBD	01/03/03 10:38 PM
Re: What's in a word?	sparky	01/04/03 01:33 AM
Re: What's in a word?	Redsy	01/04/03 02:37 AM
Re: What's in a word?	iwire	01/06/03 11:04 PM
Re: What's in a word?	John Steinke	01/17/03 09:14 PM
Re: What's in a word?	electure	01/17/03 10:03 PM
Re: What's in a word?	Bjarney	01/18/03 01:05 AM

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