LL-L "Measure words" 2002.12.18 (03) [D/E]

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From: Ed Alexander <edsells at cogeco.ca>
Subject: LL-L "Measure words" 2002.12.17 (01) [D/E/LS]

Couldn't resist an old joke about measurements.  Here's the Canadian
version:

A Newfie (a Newfoundlander) goes and pays a visit to his cousin in Alberta
who owns a large ranch.
Cousin:  Ya know, I can get up at dawn and drive all day and never come to
the end of my property.
Newfie:  Tell me about it, bye.  I used ta have a car like that, too.

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From: Heinrich Becker <heinrich.becker at gmx.net>
Subject: LL-L "Measure words" 2002.12.17 (10) [E/LS]

van Heinrich Becker , woonplats Wedemark maar Mönsterlander van geborte,
verschillene germaanse talen pratend...

Hallo Johan,
 het is geen problem als je weet, hoeveel Hektar je old-oom gehad heeft.
Moet je
alleen maar met vier multiplizeerden.
Veel geluk en Prettige Kerstdagen nar het mooie Drenthe.

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From: Mathieu. van Woerkom <Mathieu.vanWoerkom at student.kun.nl>
Subject: history

Reuben wrote:
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Let us not forget that a full circle continues to consist of 360 degrees
and that a year consists of 12 months, of which the last month,
December, is named the tenth. I wonder why! How can you metricate
that?
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This is because of the ancient Roman calendar. They introduced the calendar
as
we use it now, but there year started in May. That's why the tenth month was
called December (just like September is called 'seventh', whereas it
actually
is OUR ninth month...). This is by the way also the reason why Februari has
fewer days than other months, it was simply the last one left!

Another nice anecdote: The month July and August both have 31 days, because
emperor August didn't want HIS month to have fewer days than Caesar's one
(July), so that's why they both have 31 days. This day was of course taken
away
from February. (the concept of 31 days - 30 days - 31 days etc. has
something
to do with the impossiblility to slice up the year into even pieces which
also
corresponded with the moon tide...) That's why February (again!) loses it's
last day three out of four years. Before they introduced this last solution,
the calendar had to be corrected every X years by Rome, in order to make it
correspond to the moon tides again...

But since this is hardly Lowlandic, I'm shutting up now!

Mathieu

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