| Rob Dyke on Thu, 20 May 2010 17:10:57 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: <nettime> An oil slick the size of Puerto Rico.... |
On units of measurement. SoWs (size of Wales) SoBs (size of Belgium) OSPs (Olympic swimming pools) DDBs (Double-decker buses) and so on.... Thus the Kruger national park in South Africa measures 1 SoW, as do Lesotho and Israel, whereas Lake Nzerakera in Tanzania is 2 SoBs. The American version of the 'Wales' is usually the 'Rhode Island', although, being a diverse people, they also use other land areas as a baseline for comparisons. from the Guardian and others.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mind-your-language/2010/may/17/mind-your-language-david-marsh http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1066484 Rob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.robdyke.com # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]