On Friday, 16 November 2018 18.42.54 EST James R. Frysinger wrote: > Your humorous grin was obscured by all the serious proposers of just > that point in the past on this mail list. Give us a hint, Pierre. > Include"in your next pun "Grin."
The pun was "grave", which was the original name of the kilogram before decimal prefixes were invented, but also a title of nobility (from German Graf or a cognate). Since the revolutions (in France as well as here) were getting rid of titles of nobility, they renamed the grave. Pierre -- I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales. _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
