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From: Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: Household Algebra
Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 16:20:32 -0700
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On Sat, 4 May 2024 21:32:10 -0000 (UTC), Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

>Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
>> In article <hpa73jpn0dt2g9af59opljsisqia49pcvt@4ax.com>, tppm@ca.rr.com
>> (Tim Merrigan) wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> <evil grin>I thought in the UK a pound was a unit of currency.</grin>
>> 
>> And a pound sterling apparently originally meant a pound weight of silver
>> coins called sterlings.
>> 
>
>I always thought it was a pound of sterling silver.
>
>Adjacent fun fact: A mile was originally defined as 1000 paces of a Roman
>soldier.
>
>Therefore it's  a metric unit, the kilopace.
>
>Pt


Roman soldiers had 5.28 foot paces?  Isn't 3 feet closer to normal?

BTW you don't need to translate milia passuum (from which mile
derives) into Greek.  (Which would be chiliádes vímata
(transliterated).)
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