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Re: measuring systems (was: Selenites)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, September 28, 1998, 23:06
Pablo Flores wrote:
> BTW, what's the origin of the English names of measures ("yard", "pound", > "gallon", "inch")? Does "mile" have something to do with the Latin root > for Spanish _mil_ "one thousand"?
Yes. The word "mile" was borrowed by the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons while they were still on the Continent. The Roman mile was equal to 1,000 paces - I think it was about 3000 feet, it was definitely shorter than the modern mile. -- If God had meant for us to use the metric system, there would've been 10 disciples - anonymous http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ ICQ #: 18656696 AOL screen-name: NikTailor