Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep, it is no longer noon but, the metric equivalent, toon. An example of its use in conversation -- say by Irene to Ted -- would be: Hey Dude, it's toontime come and have some bannock and cute little seal nuggets. To which Ted would reply: Oh Totally eh. John Collier On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 12:14 PM, Jim McIntyre wrote: > Canadians, of course, have had the metric system for years. Driving at > 100 > won't get you a speeding ticket, and 32 degrees is not cold, but hot. > The > hardest thing was the metric time. Having lunch at 10 instead of 12 > took > some getting used to. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html