<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">In a message dated 25/04/2005 15:38:16 GMT Standard Time, sunjookim1@hotmail.com writes:<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">1 toe = 10 hop = 0.596 liter<BR>
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Wouldn't 1 hop be easier with 10 toes?<BR>
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Seriously: the one I always run up against <BR>
concerns area, rather than volume. <I>Pyong</I>!<BR>
Still seems to be standard in Seoul real estate.<BR>
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But even this is more complicated than I knew:<BR>
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http://www.sizes.com/units/pyong.htm<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 PTSIZE=14 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"><B>pyong<BR>
</B>In Korea, ? – 20th century, various units. Also romanized as pyung. <BR>
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<B>1 </B>A unit of volume used for <B>firewood</B>, 2 <A HREF="http://www.sizes.com/units/chok.htm">chok</A> × 6 chok × 6 chok, (approximately 2.0035 cubic meters). <A HREF="http://www.sizes.com/units/majsource.htm#UN1966">United Nations</A>, 1966. <BR>
<B>2 </B>A unit of volume used for <B>gravel</B>, 6 cubic chok (approximately 6.01 cubic meters). <A HREF="http://www.sizes.com/units/majsource.htm#UN1966">United Nations</A>, 1966. <BR>
<B>3 </B>A unit of area used for <B>tiles</B>, approximately 3.3058 square meters (3.954 square yards). <BR>
Sizes of apartments may be given in pyong. <A HREF="http://www.sizes.com/units/majsource.htm#UN1966">United Nations</A>, 1966. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"><BR>
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cheers<BR>
Aidan<BR>
(14 stone, and counting...)<BR>
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