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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:33 pm
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Announcing the discovery of a shoe from the late Iron Age in
Wellington, Somerset, the BBC radio news man has just said it was "30
centimetres long". I call that a modernisation too far.
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Mike (size nine and a half).
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Wood Avens
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:59 am
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Be fair - slightly later in the report he did say it was about a foot
long. You want him to express it in fractions of ells or perches or
cubits?
( i very nearly left out the "long", but as far as I know no Iron Age
foot was enclosed.)
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Katy Jennison
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:12 am
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I missed the bit where he went all pre-Imperial. No, no foot
included: he said it was like a squashed ... damn, I can't remember
what: it's not age, I've always been like this.
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Mike.
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Serge Paccalin
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 3:50 am
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| Quote: | Announcing the discovery of a shoe from the late Iron Age in
Wellington, Somerset, the BBC radio news man has just said it was "30
centimetres long". I call that a modernisation too far.
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All shoes are one foot long.
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-'(__) par n'être pas fanatiques pour mériter
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Rodney
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:07 am
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Ahem!
now what about a horse shoe?
| All shoes are one foot long. |
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Lanarcam
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:10 am
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| How do you say one foot long in horse language? |
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Jason Kirk
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:10 am
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| Quote: | Announcing the discovery of a shoe from the late Iron Age in
Wellington, Somerset, the BBC radio news man has just said it was "30
centimetres long". I call that a modernisation too far.
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I think I can understand from a stylistic view they choose cm. To say
that it was "a foot long" sounds a little odd in this context as you
automatically expect, unless you're a clown, that the shoe is as long as
the foot.
-Jason |
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Serge Paccalin
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:11 am
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| Quote: | now what about a horse shoe?
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Ah! You nailed me.
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:33 am
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| Quote: | How do you say one foot long in horse language?
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By stamping the ground....
Anyway, what about shoes you deal blackjack from?...r |
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Rodney
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:40 am
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Hehehehe. they are measured in "hands"
| How do you say one foot long in horse language? |
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Skitt
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:01 am
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R H Draney wrote:
| Quote: | Lanarcam filted:
Rodney wrote:
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[to someone who had written]
| Quote: | All shoes are one foot long.
Ahem! now what about a horse shoe?
How do you say one foot long in horse language?
By stamping the ground....
Anyway, what about shoes you deal blackjack from?...r
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Aren't they about a foot long?
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John Dean
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:07 am
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Rodney wrote:
| Quote: | Ahem!
now what about a horse shoe?
All shoes are one foot long.
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Chemin de fer, anyone?
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:04 am
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Skitt filted:
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R H Draney wrote:
Lanarcam filted:
Rodney wrote:
[to someone who had written]
All shoes are one foot long.
Ahem! now what about a horse shoe?
How do you say one foot long in horse language?
By stamping the ground....
Anyway, what about shoes you deal blackjack from?...r
Aren't they about a foot long?
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You may be thinking of hot dogs....r |
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Rodney
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 7:37 am
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| Chemin de fer, anyone?
......as long as you foot the bill. |
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Father Ignatius
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:40 am
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| Quote: | Be fair - slightly later in the report he did say it was about a foot
long. You want him to express it in fractions of ells or perches or
cubits?
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"They're about a cubit long, and they're all the same length (5)" |
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