On Monday 10 February 2003 01:33 pm, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> En réponse à John Cowan <cowan@...>:
>
> >
> > Apparently galon > Eng. gallon was the Normand version of jalon.
>
> That's what I feared ;))) .
>
> The
> > semantic distance between "milestone" and a unit of measure is
> > apparently
> > not too large.
> >
>
> I wouln't have found it too large if the unit had been a distance
unit. But a
> capacity unit? (would it have to do with sailing?)
>
> Christophe.
>
>
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> Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading
>
>
How big were milestones? Were the sizes consistent? Would a milestone
(or the piece that stuck out of the ground) fill a gallon measure?
--
Elyse Grasso