Sujet : Re: Household Algebra
De : petertrei (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Cryptoengineer)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.fandomDate : 04. May 2024, 23:32:10
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Paul Dormer <
prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
In article <hpa73jpn0dt2g9af59opljsisqia49pcvt@4ax.com>, tppm@ca.rr.com
(Tim Merrigan) wrote:
<evil grin>I thought in the UK a pound was a unit of currency.</grin>
And a pound sterling apparently originally meant a pound weight of silver
coins called sterlings.
I always thought it was a pound of sterling silver.
Adjacent fun fact: A mile was originally defined as 1000 paces of a Roman
soldier.
Therefore it's a metric unit, the kilopace.
Pt
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