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Units of Measure
By Rob Goodale

A penny (or pence) for your thoughts...  "If they call feet 'feet',
why aren't inches called 'toes'?"   Hmmmmmm!

 [ "Inch" and "ounce" both derive from Latin "uncia", the twelfth part;
 [ quite apropos for folks with 12 toes per foot !  -- Robbie

(Message sent Thu, 04 Sep 1997 23:00:29 -0500 , from time zone -0500.)

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