Re: Green card


Subject: Re: Green card
From: georges aron (georges.aron@libertysurf.fr)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2001 - 09:47:52 GMT


Thanks, Tim and Jim, for helping (by the way, Jim, I am Valérie, not
Georges, who happens to be my daddy-cool). Let's sum up: Tim votes 'square',
Jim votes 'area' and 'square' and the english staff of my university votes
'area'. I'm sure about one thing: the immigration-authorities are really
vicious!! :)

 Valérie Aron

Jim wrote:

> heh...you're probably right, Tim :) Come to think of it, a 2" X 1"
> picture would be pretty small.
>
> Jim
>
> Georges -- go with Tim on this one :)
>
> Tim O'Connor wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 11:52:48AM +0200, georges aron wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking for help about a small english-maths problem. To apply
> > > for the Green Card Lottery, the authorities ask for a "photo: 2
> > > inches square". Does it mean they 're expecting a square-shaped
picture
> > > (2 inches x 2 inches) or does the word 'square' means 'area' as in
> > > '2 inches ˛' ???
> >
> > You got it right the first time: It means two inches by two inches --
that
> > is, a square picture, two inches in size on all sides.
> >
> > --tim
> >
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