Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace of King Arthur

Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by linker3000 on Thursday August 04, 2016 @03:40AM (#12224033)

"Merlin, the 6ft wide doors for the Great Hall have arrived, but they don't fit the space in the metric-specced walls!"

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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by gilleain on Thursday August 04, 2016 @04:21AM (#12224200)

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.

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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by tokai on Thursday August 04, 2016 @05:53AM (#12224476)

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?

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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by duaneb on Thursday August 04, 2016 @12:52PM (#12226843)

Why not say "make 'em really thick"? Or say "an arm span". The precise units are entirely unnecessary.

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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by carey on Thursday August 04, 2016 @04:56AM (#12224302)

If it was originally a round number, that would have been 1.95 metres in France, anyway, right?

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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by mnwg on Thursday August 04, 2016 @07:41AM (#12224838)

Why? 6' is 1,828.8mm but France didn't have a uniform system of measures before the went metric.

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Re:Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace... by m-i-l on Thursday August 04, 2016 @08:28AM (#12225035)

"Nigel gave me a drawing that said six inches ... Now, whether he knows the difference between feet and inches is not my problem. I do what I'm told."

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