I am not totally convinced that the “llath” is a legal unit throughout the United Kingdom – it certainly appears on Welsh road signs and AFAIK is the correct word to use when you are speaking Welsh, but I am not convinced that it is legal outside Wales.
From: USMA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Nichols Sent: 10 May 2020 21:46 To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA 1364] Teaching students It is very easy to demonstrate to a class of Freshman the stupidity of the Imperial System used in the USA. 1. Teach then about a cigarette – a legal length in Texas 2. Tell them about stones once in class and the use it in the exam 3. Use barley corns 4. A llath is a great UK unit – it is legal in the UK so I tell me students it is acceptable here 5. Do all board work in feet and change to inches in the exam -- Then set a math problem – A building weighs 4000000 stone, what is the ground pressure if the building is 2/3 of a cigarette by 200 llaths in kg/ squared bc. Who said you cannot fix stupid. John Nichols
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