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gilleain
on Aug 4, 2016
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Royal palace discovered in area believed to be bir...
On an audio tour around a castle in northern France, they had actors "reconstructing" lines from the past, including one that went:
"The tower had to be strong, so we built the walls 1.85 meters thick!...."
Soooo authentic.
tokai
on Aug 4, 2016
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You wouldn't have been able to understand what they were saying if it had been 100% authentic. And if you translate the language why not translate the units?
duaneb
on Aug 4, 2016
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Why not say "make 'em really thick"? Or say "an arm span". The precise units are entirely unnecessary.
carey
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If it was originally a round number, that would have been 1.95 metres in France, anyway, right?
mnwg
on Aug 4, 2016
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Why? 6' is 1,828.8mm but France didn't have a uniform system of measures before the went metric.
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"The tower had to be strong, so we built the walls 1.85 meters thick!...."
Soooo authentic.