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Subject: Re: Strangeness with groups beginning with numbers?
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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> >>>>> "BS" == Bruce Stephens <bruce@cenderis.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> BS> I read the 3dfx groups, and they seem to be treated differently from
> BS> other groups.
> 
> That might be because a "3dfx" heirarchy is illegal: it starts with a
> numeric, and numerics are reserved for articles.

Fair enough.  I thought it might be that.  How about allowing name
components which contain at least one non-numeric?