Mustn't forget Burma and Liberia!
Bev
"Appendix G - Weights and Measures". The World Factbook. CIA. 2006.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendi
x-g.html.
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Werner Engelmaier
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 7:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
Inge,
Even though things are not logical, it is hard to change them unless forced.
People get comfortable with the most absurd habits.
We got 60-second minutes, and 60-minute hours, of which there are 24.
Half the world drives on the wrong [sorry-left] side of the road; I am sure
you remember that it took an act of your parliament to switch Sweden over
[and you guys did it right, over one weekend].
And then, of course, there is the good old USA as the only country [other
than South Yemen, as I understand-we sure keep great company] that still
measures things according to various body parts of a long since dead king of
an empire that no longer exits and which we threw out in a revolution.
And then further, of course, is the English language-don't get me wrong, it
sure is the richest language there is, but just look at the illogically and
absurdly different pronunciations of similarly written words [fish could be
spelled 'ghoti'].
And what other language has a perfectly understandably sentence when spoken,
that cannot be written as spoken.
Could go on forever,
Skoal Werner
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From: Inge <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 5:43 pm
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
Speaking Greece and Rome, it's remarkable what a heritage mess we are
living with/in. Hence we have:
Monday : Moon's day
Tuesday: keltic god Tiw
Wednesday: anglosaxian god Wodan
Thursday: nordic god Thor
Friday: nordig got Frey
Saturday: Saturnus day, roman
Sunday: keltic, nordic, a universal mix
January: roman god Janus
February: febreeum or day of purification
Mars: roman war god with same name
April: roman aperire or open (spring)
May: roman Maia, fertility goddess
June: roman Juno, Jupiter's wife
July: of course after emperor Julius
August: ditto Augustus
September: seventh month in roman calender
October: eighth month ditto
November: ninth month ditto
December: tenth ditto
Autumn: roman autumnum, time for harvesting
Winter: welsh goddess Gwyn
Summer: indogermanic zomer
Spring: probably latin spira, a warm wind
Why on earth do we have all these spoky things Year 2010?
Well, who can come with plausible substitutes?
Inge
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From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: den 23 April 2010 12:53
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
> Hi folks! Ok, here is the Friday element quiz answers:
>
> The Question:
> I am a ductile BCC metal and one of the few BCC metals that has
> no ductile-to-brittle transition. My elemental name is part of Greek
> mythology.
>
> The Answer: Ta - tantalum
>
> Bonus Points:
> Name this metal's greatest attribute and its melting temperature
> rank with respect to all of the metals.
>
> The bonus points answers: Greatest attribute is the tenaciousness of its
> oxide and Ta has the 4th highest melting point
>
>
> The winner is Joe Kane!
>
> And the really odd thing is that Guy Ramsey is awarded the "almost" winner
> prize. Tantalum was named after Tantalus, the son of Zeus, because the
> difficult efforts to get pure Ta separated from Niobium (Nb) reminded them
> of the punishment inflicted on Tantalus by the Greek gods for abusing his
> guest privileges at the Greek Gods parties. The daughter of Tantalus was
> Niobe - thus the source of the name for the element Niobium (which is what
> Guy submitted).
>
> Joe - you get Doug's desk but I haven't a clue how you will be able to
> claim it.
>
> Everone have a fun and safe weekend
>
> Dave
>
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