Drachm originated in Greece. Many middle eastern countries used to use this unit years ago. I still remember my grand father talking in drachma as they used to pronounce it. Once these countries became metric, they merged some old units into metric. We still have a name ؤقيّة similar to ounce for 200 g in Lebanon. People buy by multiple of 200 g.
Today's Armenians do not use the drachm Sorry. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. Education is values first, then knowledge. https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.do%2Ftounj&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C57dcb7f1c27943477dc208d75d92ff6e%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637080758238495796&sdata=JAxYe%2Ba3O%2FvBIYrC9KS2%2BKPauAWN69s9btQfjQRtSe0%3D&reserved=0 -----Original Message----- From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 2:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA 1247] Re: "Do It by the Gram" On Wednesday, 30 October 2019 17.39.48 EDT Paul Trusten wrote: > Fortunately, the dram will never see the light of day. Tell that to the Armenians! :) I buy henna attar, which comes in a glass vial which is some fraction of a dram. -- Jews use a lunisolar calendar; Muslims use a solely lunar calendar. _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
