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Re: [lojban] xalka cipra
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> What's a good word for "proof" in the alcoholic sense? The reason it's called
> "proof" is that attempting to explode a mixture of alcohol and gunpowder was
> a test of the concentration of alcohol.
{selxabyce'i} works for me, at least. (Assuming I correctly understand
that proof = 2 * percent alcohol)
- Jay Kominek <jay.kominek@colorado.edu>
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose