On Apr 5 , at 5:54 AM, Han Maenen wrote:
In the Netherlands a folding measuring stick is called a 'duimstok',
which is 'inch stick' in English
I frequently found students new to metric referring to the measuring
sticks in my physics labs as "metre long yard sticks". I also had
double metre sticks in my lab (200 cm long) and heard students call
them "two-metre yard sticks".
The phrase "yard stick" in my experience (20th century USA) has come
to mean a wooden stick for measuring lengths, regardless of how long
it is.
Han also noted:
There is a small place in Ireland called Inch.
There is also a small town named Pound in the far western part of the
US state of Virginia.
Bill Hooper
73 kg body mass*
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
* plus or minus a kilogram or so.
