From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] /lib/units
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:07:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <005301c3c1d6$45605890$89844051@SOMA> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <588D7F14-2DC1-11D8-AAD9-000A95B984D8@mightycheese.com>
> 'Avoirdupois' is correct, even in French. There is no 'd'.
peas [pois] are special. they are uncountable objects, except
in small quantities (rice is similar). one uses 'des' to say:
some <uncountable object>
pois:
http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Produits/HYPPZ/CULTURES/3c---109.htm
poid == weight [plural]:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/X6881F/X6881F14.htm
right, the unit's 'inches' bug can stay.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-14 0:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-13 23:09 Rob Pike
2003-12-14 0:07 ` boyd, rounin [this message]
2003-12-14 0:12 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-14 0:13 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-12-14 0:32 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-14 0:42 ` David Presotto
2003-12-14 0:51 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-14 0:54 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-12-14 1:02 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-14 5:50 ` ron minnich
2003-12-14 21:56 ` Dan Cross
2003-12-14 22:00 ` Dan Cross
2003-12-14 22:38 ` bs
2003-12-14 22:47 ` a
2003-12-15 0:23 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-14 22:33 ` a
2003-12-15 0:20 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-15 2:00 ` Donald Brownlee
2003-12-15 2:05 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-15 3:11 ` Dan Cross
2003-12-15 11:41 ` a
2003-12-15 5:11 ` mirtchov
2003-12-15 6:56 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-15 0:15 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-14 2:53 ` Rob Pike
2003-12-14 5:10 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-14 7:31 ` Rob Pike
2003-12-14 13:58 ` boyd, rounin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-12-15 9:08 Tiit Lankots
2003-12-14 5:26 boyd
2003-12-14 15:28 ` Russ Cox
2003-12-14 0:09 boyd, rounin
2003-12-13 22:05 boyd
2001-10-05 4:55 rob pike
2001-10-05 19:46 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-10-05 3:29 rob pike
2001-10-05 3:41 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-10-05 19:01 ` Matthew Hannigan
2001-10-05 0:47 Boyd Roberts
2001-10-08 9:41 ` John Kodis
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