On 2001-07-11 12:49 -0400, James R. Frysinger wrote:
> About a year ago or a bit more, we had a discussion on perches. A perch
> (lineal) is the same as rod (5.5 yd or 16.5 ft). A perch (areal) is a
> square perch (lineal). The origin of the word, as I recall our
> conclusion to be, was French (Middle French?) and it was a similar word
> meaning "stick" or long piece of wood. "Perch" makes me think of a tree
> limb with a bird sitting on it, which is more or less consistent with
> the above. Perhaps that's where our verb "to perch" came from.
Jim, Thanks for the nice summary. --Bruce
