LL-L "Measure words" 2002.12.14 (05) [D/E]

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From: Gustaaf Van Moorsel <gvanmoor at cv3.cv.nrao.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Measure words" 2002.12.14 (04) [E]

Wim Verdoold vroeg zich af:

> Can we please have that translated into soccerfield sizes??  Just to
> make it understandable for us Europeans?

Een Amerikaans football field is precies 50 yards bij 100 yards.
Zo'n veld als oppervlakteeenheid te nemen introduceert dus geen
nieuwe eenheden ...

Een voetbalveld heeft geen vaste afmetingen en is daarom on-
geschikt als oppervlaktemaat.  Voor de afmetingen geldt:

lengte tussen de 100 en 130 yards
breedte tussen de 50 en 100 yards

verder mag het veld niet vierkant zijn.

Voor officiele velden is de vrijheid wat geringer:

lengte tussen de 110 en 120 yards
breedte tussen de 70 en 80 yards

Nemen we de gemiddelden geldt dus dat een voetbalveld zo'n
70% groter is dan een football field.

Gustaaf

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From: Stan Levinson <stlev99 at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Measure words" 2002.12.14 (04) [E]

Wim,
Sorry, that is not possible because you folk are just
too imprecise with the size of your soccer fields....
:)
Stan
> From: Wim <wkv at home.nl>
> Subject: LL-L "Measure words" 2002.12.14 (02) [E]
>
> Hi,
>
> Can we please have that translated into soccerfield
> sizes??  Just to
> make it understandable for us Europeans?
>
> Wim.

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From: rossmay <rossmay at bellsouth.net>
Subject: LL-L "Measure words" 2002.12.14 (02) [E]

I really like this site, but why the antipathy towards Americans?  We use
both systems, but prefer the older system, because it is easier to relate to
inches, feet, and yards than to centimeters and such.  We learn both systems
in school and then use the one that we prefer for common everyday purposes.
As you may remember from your school days (or maybe you didn't learn this)
the inch is approximately equal to the average first index finger joint, the
foot is about the same size as the average man's foot, etc.  This is easy to
relate to in common things, although we can just as easily convert ourselves
to the metric system.  A kind of "freedom of choice" to coin a vulgarly used
phrase.  I would love to post to this list, but are you guys up to speaking
on a little higher level?
     Ross May, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA   rossmay at bellsouth.net

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Measure words

Hi, Ross, and welcome!

No real anti-American stuff here, Ross, just poking, and Americans aren't
the only victims.  (Besides, they are in the majority on the list.)  Serious
stereotyping, haranguing and the like isn't permitted.

"Higher level"? Whatever you mean, why not give it a shot and see if we're
up to it?

Cheers!
Reinhard/Ron
(Seattle, Washington, USA)

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