Re: measurements

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From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Thu 15 Jun 2000 - 19:35:11 EEST

Chris Lemens on the 'imperial' system::

> We don't call it anything.

I bet NASA called it a thing or two, and their space probes skipped
and caught fire, merrily...

I thought they were called 'english' measurements, or 'standard'
(a much more idiomatically American term, if I might say so).

ObGlorantha: I'd guess the Lunars, and when I say Lunars, of course
I mean really, the Dara Happans, have anally (if not necessarily
well) organised system of measurements. 111 thingies make a whatsit,
4 whatsits make a grand ho-ha, etc, etc. How do say the Orlanthi
measure things? Do we steal from the Irish, and assume they have
some phrase equivalent to 'a hundred yards' (meaning the thick end
of a mile) and 'a couple of miles' (who knows how long)?

Cheers,
Alex.

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