Re: Accents
| From: | Dan Jones <dan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 14, 2002, 10:08 |
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Almaran Dungeonmaster escreva:
>Roger Mills wrote:
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> > Indonesia, obviously borrowed from Dutch, had "ons" (ounce) for 100g.
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>Dutch itself still has "ons", and it is quite common as well. It is often
>used in the diminutive "onsje", as in the infamous expression "Mag het een
>onsje meer zijn?"
I've always wanted to know this: in British English when discussing
cannabis the basic unit of quantity is the ounce, then divided into a
quarter, eighth and teenth (i.e. "sixteenth")- how would you say this in
Dutch? Only asking because it's legal there, not because I immediately
associate Holland with sex and drugs <g> I'd be like associating England
with football hooligans and curry.
Dan
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