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  • Auster@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Tall stands for 12oz? Interesting. English “tall” sounds like the Norwegian and Swedish number 12, written “Tolv” (with silent “v”).

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      1 year ago

      This is coincidence - the two are unrelated. “Tolv” is cognate with English “twelve”, and English “tall” is cognate with Swedish tal, Bokmål “tall”