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   Hi, Mike!  Recently you wrote in a message to ALEXANDER KORYAGIN:   
      
   AK>  What is "mains"?   
      
   MP>  I usually take it to mean electicity, like the main   
   MP>  power line into an area.   
      
      
              Uh-huh.  :-)   
      
      
      
   MP>  I tend to think of that as a British use of the word.   
      
      
              Essentially, I agree.  And my CANADIAN OXFORD DICTIONARY reinforces   
   your idea by saying it's [esp. UK] when used in the plural with "the"....  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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