> On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:45 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: > >> Hi from Brittany, >> >> Mikey, >> >>> BTW, is "fortnight" still used in jolly old Mother England? >> >> Fortnight is still used in jolly Old Mother England, >> and at least is pertinent (ie fourteen nights = 2 weeks). >> >> In France, they can't count proper like we do ! >> >> Two weeks = 15 days (quinze jours) >> >> and >> >> One week = 8 days (huit jours) >> >> Now I know the Beatles sang "Eight days a week" >> >> but this is no excuse ....... :>)
Well, french speaking people are basically generous ! When I was a boy and sent to the farm to buy a dozen eggs, I always got 13 of them: "treize à la douzaine" is (or at least was) a quite current expression. Jacques ****************************************** Prof. Jacques Hausser Department of Ecology and Evolution Biophore / Sorge University of Lausanne CH 1015 Lausanne please use my private address: 6 route de Burtigny CH-1269 Bassins tel/fax: ++ 41 22 366 19 40 mobile: ++ 41 79 757 05 24 E-Mail: [email protected] ******************************************* _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
