Re: count words

> Eric Christopherson scripsit:
>
> > On the other hand, the character for "book" is used for
> > counting long, cylindrical things.
>
> Not surprising, when you consider that until modern times all books
> were scrolls: long and cylindrical.
>
>         "Gimme a scroll of beer"
>                 -- tough talk in Japanese bars
Ah, but in Japanese, you would not mention the beer, as that goes unspoken
through being obvious through context. So its just "Gimme a scroll".

Now, one day, an enterprising publican renamed his beer house "The Old
Library".

Is this getting too corny?

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Fabian