In ISO dates the slash (/) is used to indicate "to" for ranges. For
example, one might write June 18/22 to indicate the period June 18 to
June 22. This may be a related usage.
Jim
Remek Kocz wrote:
It's 8 to 9 cm. Centimeters are a standard for flower bulb sizes
worldwide, even here in the US. The notation is, however, bizarre.
Remek
On Jan 20, 2008 8:59 PM, Pierre Abbat < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
On Sunday 20 January 2008 19:10, Stan Jakuba wrote:
> Speaking of cm and mm, we just got a mailing of crocus bulbs
where the
> package says : Bulb size: 8/9 cm
> Caution: Do not eat.
> Country of origin: USA
> www.wrvanderschoot.com <http://www.wrvanderschoot.com>
>
> Yes, you guessed it. Not even in the USA do crocus bulbs amount
to more
> than 8/9 mm. We are devastated - being deprived of the fame for
planting
> the greatest crocus bulbs the world had ever seen. :-)
Did they mean "8 to 9 millimeters", or did they mean "eight ninths of a
centimeter", which is about 8.9 mm?
phma
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