survey - and the word "fortnight"

Richmond Mathewson richmondmathewson at gmail.com
Thu Feb 18 13:14:10 EST 2010


On 18/02/2010 17:01, Hugh Senior wrote:
> Of course we use the word 'fortnight'! What an odd question.
>
> I similarly use acres, furlongs and guinees. I absolutely REFUSE to work in
> metric weights and distances which remain completely meaningless to me. I
> also use the word 'twelvemonth' from time to time, as in "I haven't seen him
> in a twelvemonth".
>
> But then again I am old-school English where the word 'modern' refers to
> anything from the 20's onward.
>
>    
Aye, and there's 2 Angels in a Merk, 3 Merks is 2 Pounds Scots; and I 
can not
for the life of me remember whether a score of ounces Troy are more or
less than a bushel of bull's pizzle walking-sticks . . .  :0



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