Re: British v. American Vocabulary


Tue, 19 Sep 1995 09:35:13 +0100

2 or 3 people wrote by post, and 2 by mail:

> `furlongs per fortnight'.

Eli the bearded (bgriffin@ic.sunysb.edu) wrote:

> 11
> 6.0 x 10 furlongs per fortnight (the speed of light)

Obviously physics jokes reach a wider audience in the US than they do in the
UK. 8)

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Jools Arnold                                          jools@arnod.demon.co.uk