Re: Translation exercise with fries?

From: "Roger Mills" <rfmilly@...>

> Well, 1 kosi (100pem) is a common measure, equals approx. 5 oz., which
would
> be a mere nibble for a Kash. They'd probably turn it into a roko (2 kosi)
> ~roko-roko?? at least.  Absolutely no cheese, they are Terran-lactose
> intolerant, and native animals are by and large not exploited for their
milk
> either.  They could probably drink shakes, assuming they're made with a
soy
> product, and there is something similar on Cindu.
Techs have a long tradition of vegetarianism (milk and eggs are not
excluded). But they can eat fries and green salad and drink shakes!

I haven't worked out the Tech measurement system; it'll be something like
those found in the ancient Near East, including all the Biblical units. So
instead of meters or feet and inches, there will be cubits, hands and
fingers. I also mentioned the use of base-60 instead of pure decimal, and
<tangental rambling>right now I'm trying to decide what kind of musical
tuning system the Techs will use - I'm leaning towards 360-tone equal
temperament (it includes 72-tone and 120-tone and both approximate just
intonation very well for prime factors). Six 'tones' per octave, sixty
'degrees' per tone.</tangental rambling>

So what would metric look like if it was sexagesimal?