12 dozen or a dozen dozen is 1 gross

[Lutherf]

and do you still use score for 20?
like four score and ten = 90 ....

Very rarely. It's a rather outdated term.

 

[Rumpelstil]

Very rarely. It's a rather outdated term.

I think it goes back to the Celtic way of counting.
Still used in French numbers
quatre vingt = 80
quatre vingt dix = 90

 

[Sven Karma]

and do you still use score for 20?
like four score and ten = 90 ....

ed: snap!

Nope. French still has that wack quatre vingt dix formulation though.

 

[Lutherf]

I think it goes back to the Celtic way of counting.
Still used in French numbers
quatre vingt = 80
quatre vingt dix = 90

The French are a little weird. I think it was one of them that came up with the 10 hour clock at one point.

 

[Rumpelstil]

French still has that wack quatre vingt dix formulation though.

I think the French Swiss say ....
octant = 80
and nonant = 90

 

[Rumpelstil]

The French are a little weird. I think it was one of them that came up with the 10 hour clock at one point.

and 10 days per week
and 10 months per year

in the French Revolution.

 

[Rumpelstil]

miles are Meilen in German
still used in fairy tales, as km would not sound very romantic.

 

[Rumpelstil]

you use ounces, we use gramm

but somtimes we also use Unzen

 

[Sven Karma]

And let us not forget the "nautical mile".

Nautical mile - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Rumpelstil]

And let us not forget the "nautical mile".

Nautical mile - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

and now I know what a knot is exactly.

 

[Rumpelstil]

a knot is 1.852 km/h

in German a knot is a Knoten