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Old 06-26-2005, 12:07 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by maleficent
I'm not sure what the difference that adding the + 5 does - the second method seems to be more accurate..
It seems arbitrary, but there is a somewhat silly reason for it. Adding 5 inches gets you to a point where the letters for the cup sizes match up with their positions in the alphabet: A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4. This is supposed to make more sense than A=6, B=7, C=8, D=9.
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