> ... express velocities in horseturds per fortnight... {8^D spike
> Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
> Due to the predominantly US membership, I made it in Her Majesties Royal units,
> though I admit that even when I was in school in the 80's (high school physics),
> english units were used at least half the time.
Mike someone asked me the other day what was 7.4 meters in
English units. I said very loudly "English schmingliiiish! Think metric!"
Later someone said that to ridicule anything by saying anything-
schmanything, or *-schm* is to ridicule Jewish people! The
explanation is that yiddish is the only language which starts
words with schm. Does that sound right to you? I had never
heard that. My own ancestors are Jewish, some of em. I wonder
if he was just making that up to be funny. spike
ps Im stalling for time because I still havent calced your question.
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