Ron Ferguson wrote:
Terry wrote:
Jo wrote:
Marc Hug wrote:
Please don't say "everywhere" when you mean in the States... In
German too, a "Pfund" (same word as pound) is 500 g, and in French
"une livre" (= a pound) is 500 g again. Dutch people are not the only
ones who use the metrical system !
I know that this remains "completely off topic".
Marc H.
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It's also not pund in Dutch, but pond...
Just to add oil to the off topic fire
Jo
Is that oil by the pint, liter, gallon or kubieke meter?
No it's by the litre
Ron Ferguson
I believe you are incorrect, since the present context is the language
of the Dutch.
We are evidently partaking of the spirit of what we in the Antipodes
call "The Silly Season". I hope the OP feels satisfied with such
information as he has received.
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