From: Helvécio Mafra (helvecio.mafra_at_newted.org)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 02:38:51 PDT
On terça-feira, mai 4, 2004, at 04:37 Brazil/East, Jon Glass wrote:
> Here is what an online dictionary says: "Middle English, from Old
> English
> ynce, from Latin uncia, one twelfth of a unit." So it doesn't seem to
> reflect a body part. :-)
Aren't there twelve inches in a foot?
Cheers,
Helvécio
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