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From: Carl Makin <cmakin@nla.gov.au>
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Subject: Re: And now for something completely different
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On Mon, 5 May 1997, John S. Dyson wrote:

> SECAM -- A very different color standard.  Used in France and Russia.

My TAFE teacher used to refer to SECAM as 
"Something Essentially Contrary to the American Method" 
and claimed it was created for much the same reason French Helicoptors
main rotors go the opposite way to US designs.

Carl.

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