Re: Continental vs British toilets

In article <433d2e46.1584033@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jonathan L Cunningham <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 22:50:03 GMT, djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dorothy J
>Heydt) wrote:
>
>>In article <t5goj19ijb2khlbhu5jua6nfug26s5570e@xxxxxxx>,
>>Marilee J. Layman <mjlayman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:39:48 +0200, Irina Rempt <irina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Wilson Heydt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Ells" varied all over the place, too. usually as a cloth measure.
>>>>
>>>>I have the 'royal ell' as more-or-less standard measure in the WIS: the
>
>>>I thought an ell was from the tip of your front-facing nose to to the
>>>tip of your sideways-extended arm. Going by this definition, the MJL
>>>is 4.67 feet.
>
>>An ell is supposed to be 18 inches and is supposed to be from the
>>end of your thumb to your elbow, if you're a largish man with
>>longish arms. Hence the word "elbow," compare German
>>"Ellenbogen," "ell-bend."
>
>I thought that was a cubit?

So far as I know, it is. Different cultural derivation, though.

--
Hal Heydt
Albany, CA

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