On 15-Oct-08 23:17, Stephen wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:46:35 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>>> That sounds a bit like snobbery to me.
>> Why? I have seen quite a few skillful carpenters and constructors (or 
>> whatever their job description is in English) in mechanical workshops 
>> and I have simply never seen any indication that any size was more 
>> special to them than others. So I think it is logical to assume that 
>> anyone who thinks 40 is more basic than 33 is forcing himself to think 
>> in numbers in stead of in materials.
> 
> I think that this is a cultural thing and I am guilty of being British.
> Engineers and artisans are looked down on in the UK (but not on the Continent)

But at least we can agree on the managers, I hope.

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