Re: CHAT: measures (was: browsers)

Roger Mills scripsit:

> Last time I looked, Borden's Nonesuch (TM) Mincemeat contains meat,
> according to the label.
Just so.  Mincement contains meat, as you and Tristan have both said.
Mince, OTOH, the ingredient of mince pies, does not, at least in the U.S.

> Sort of ObConlang:  when I was trying to convert Litres/quarts to Kash
> measurements, I was amazed to discover that 1 (US) quart weighs  2 pounds
> (32 oz.).
Of water, that is.  Sure.  That's why "ounce" is used for both volume and
weight: a floz of water weighs 1 oz.  Not true of other random fluids,
of course.

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_

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