Re: [NTLK] [OT] Kilometers

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 03:51:59 PDT

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on 5/4/04 11:38 AM, Helvécio Mafra at helvecio.mafra_at_newted.org wrote:

> Aren't there twelve inches in a foot?

Yes, but if you will remember, the question was what does "inch" mean. In
Swedish and Portuguese, apparently, "the word for "inch" means "thumb." Yet,
in English, the root for "inch" means 1 unit of 12. Which is what an inch
is... Of course, everybody knows what a foot is... It's what one puts in his
mouth! I'm really good at it!

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