On 18/02/2010 17:01, Hugh Senior wrote:
Of course we use the word 'fortnight'! What an odd question.
I similarly use acres, furlongs and guinees. I absolutely REFUSE to work in
metric weights and distances which remain completely meaningless to me. I
also use the word 'twelvemonth' from time to time, as in "I haven't seen him
in a twelvemonth".
But then again I am old-school English where the word 'modern' refers to
anything from the 20's onward.
Aye, and there's 2 Angels in a Merk, 3 Merks is 2 Pounds Scots; and I
can not
for the life of me remember whether a score of ounces Troy are more or
less than a bushel of bull's pizzle walking-sticks . . . :0
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