Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census

--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> Quoting Carsten Becker <post@...>:
>
> > > Added to to do list: Find out average height of
> young male Germans.
> > Preferably
> > > not by measuring them all myself.
> > >
> > >
>             Andreas
> >
> > ;) How nice of you to want to prove that I'm not
> too small... I meant "tall
> > classmates", yes. Most are between 1.75m and 1.80m
> I'd guess after paying
>
> Some googling, and I found a reliable-looking page,
> according to which average
> adult male height in German is 174.5cm. It would be
> slightly higher among
> younger men. Average adult female height 163.5cm.
>
> Also found a multitude of unreliable-looking pages
> selling possibly legal
> stuff that is supposed to make you grow taller. The
> internet's wonderful ...
>
> Also found out that Arnie's a mere 1.88cm. Always
> thought of him as _very_
> tall, but apparently not.
>
>
Andreas

Yes, he was only 6'1" and 235 lbs. in his heyday.
some of the modern bodybuilders would make him look
tiny.  While they aren't necessarily taller or even as
tall some of them weigh up to 380 lbs.!  and then of
course there's Manfred Hoeberl . . .

Adam

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