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L O W L A N D S - L - 07 October 2008 - Volume 03<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: "Peter Snepvangers" <<a href="mailto:snepvangers@optushome.com.au">snepvangers@optushome.com.au</a>><br>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Hello Ron,
Mark, Arend, Wim, Marcus, Jonny and Lowlanders.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Ron notes:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">English has a liquid
measure called "quart".</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">The original term for a
bottle of wine in England
was a "Reputed Quart" (which was less than a standard quart) before
the international standard 750ml bottle was introduced.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">Wim said..</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="NL">It reminds me of the
Dutch saying: ik heb mijn laatste oortje versnoept"</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-GB">Oortje here being
a coin.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-GB">This is
interesting because the Norwegians used "Ort" as a measure of weight
equal to 0.9735grams and also as money (4 Ort equals 1 riksdaler).</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-GB">The Swedish also
use "Ort" as a measure of weight (1 ort equals 4.25gram)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-GB">Regards</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-GB">Peter Snepvangers</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:snepvangers@optushome.com.au" target="_blank">snepvangers@optushome.com.au</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
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