[Sca-cooks] Units of measure - stupid question

[Candace Selph]

Because avoir is the verb to have (:

Cannot state the rest

Mina


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Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 8:35 PM
To: SCA Cooks
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Units of measure - stupid question

Ok, I've been looking at measuring units and something has started to
bother me...

Can anyone tell me why our unit of weight (avoirdupois) translates from
French to something like "to have some peas"?

- Doc


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