Re: Accents
| From: | jogloran <exponent@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 3:10 |
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Why is it that other countries have so much trouble converting? (Okay,
people will give people's heights in feet and inches in Oz, but
that's the
only thing left, really.) I've heard tell that the Dutch use pfund(?)
for
half a kilo...
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For half a kilo? Odd approximation... And does Dutch have
affricate /pf/?
Incidentally, the Italians use "etto" (< hecto-) for 100g, which I
imagine comes in handy when at, say, the butcher...
Imperative
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