Quote from: Cider Apple on June 26, 2016, 14:27

I don't want to make a big deal on this but here you go...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1289882/EU-ban-selling-eggs-dozen-Shopkeepers-fury-told-food-weighed-sold-kilo.html

I can't believe anyone would regard anything the Daily Muddle (also the thieves who used one of my RM files over 20 times more than they reported/paid for it after being caught out many times for same in the past) says as remotely accurate. I was just going out to buy eggs when I read this, so here are the eggs I just bought:

The eggs are sold in sixes and twelves, by small, medium, large, XL sizes, battery, barn or free range. 'Twere ever thus.

That's great but where the word Dozen? Or Half Dozen?

I was getting p*ssed off reading this kind of BS by the brexit side then spent a while on youtube listening to equally unformed garbage from the Remain side. A young woman explaining the best thing about the eu was they gave us the nhs for example.

I think I just have to accept that more old morons turned out to vote than young morons therefore brexit.

I can't remember the last time I saw the word 'dozen' on egg packets? Must be 5 years ago I just see the number of eggs. And how British was that!

French, actually.
Middle English: from Old French dozeine, based on Latin duodecim 'twelve'.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dozen

French, actually.
Middle English: from Old French dozeine, based on Latin duodecim 'twelve'.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dozen

No, thats not right. It has the same roots in almost all Indo-European languages. Therefore it is similar. The number words in these languages have the same roots, which are much older than the Latin. (Old-Greek δώδεκα d�deka, older German tozen, Swedish tolft etc. etc.)

Norway and Switzerland outside and richer hmm that tells me something.

Zimbabwe, Moldova, Pakistan, Albania are also outside. Are they richer because of that? Comparing apples to oranges doesn't make sense.

Quote from: roede-orm on June 26, 2016, 17:17

No, thats not right. It has the same roots in almost all Indo-European languages. Therefore it is similar. The number words in these languages have the same roots, which are much older than the Latin. (Old-Greek δώδεκα d�deka, older German tozen, Swedish tolft etc. etc.)

I was right, then. It has little specifically to do with "British Culture", it's international.

I'd say dozen is very "European".

1) i am not one much for politics, but i would think if you're brit and travel to the rest of EC
regularly, you no longer get to travel as easily without red tape as if UK is out of EC.
would that be so???

I don't think so, I think most things will remain more or less the way they are now with only small changes, except that the UK just won't be formally an EU member state. I can easily immigrate to Switzerland, or Norway, I think they adopt most EU regulations anyway, pay some contributions to some funds. The Norwegian PM explained that, for all practical purposes it's like they're "almost" in the EU, but without the right to vote. The Brexit frauds probably didn't explain that, as they apparently focused on such euromyths as bananas or eggs.

The only major thing that would change, would be the international position and importance of the UK. Instead of being one of the leading countries in the biggest block, the UK's position will be similar perhaps to that of South Korea. They could also choose to be a satellite state of the US, a puppet state of Russia or China if they like. In the relationship with the US, they would be the junior partner, similar to the "couple" Belarus-Russia.

International importance doesn't matter to some countries such as e.g. Switzerland, because of their neutrality or maybe size, but I don't know if the Brits see it this way.

I still suspect this is an accident that the Brexit frauds didn't want to happen. Now they cannot go on, cannot collect funds for the next campaign. When they cannot blame the EU anymore, they will have to deliver results and turn all those post-industrial communities in Wales and Northern England into a land of milk and honey. I think Johnson is scared.

Double post

Quote from: LDV81 on June 26, 2016, 20:38

Quote from: Cider Apple on June 26, 2016, 15:03

That's great but where the word Dozen? Or Half Dozen?

Do you need to be constantly reminded that six is half dozen? I live in another EU country and I have been buying similar packs as long as I remember.
6 will always be 6,  2 x 6 will always be 12 no matter if you call it a dozen or not.

People who believe the rubbish about the EU in the Daily Mail probably do need to be reminded it's a half dozen   The only fact I believe in that paper is the price on the front cover.

We are told the papers don't have much power in the UK now but millions of older people read them and the majority were anti EU and had headlines about the negative effects of immigration every week.  I think that was easily enough to make the difference in this referendum.

Its hard to say but many would argue the BBC was quite biased toward remain and even though people buy various newspapers its not clear they take much notice of the political stance.

Quote from: LDV81 on June 26, 2016, 20:34

Quote from: Pauws99 on June 26, 2016, 05:29

Norway and Switzerland outside and richer hmm that tells me something.

Zimbabwe, Moldova, Pakistan, Albania are also outside. Are they richer because of that? Comparing apples to oranges doesn't make sense.

Japan, China, USA, Brazil, Canada, Russia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the list of rich countries not in the EU goes on and on

GDP per capita in the EU (2014): US$ 36,447
GDP per capita World (2014) : US$ 10,738
For your information, more is better.

Source: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD/countries/EU-1W?display=graph

Quote from: Teddy the Cat on June 27, 2016, 05:44

Quote from: LDV81 on June 26, 2016, 20:34

Quote from: Pauws99 on June 26, 2016, 05:29

Norway and Switzerland outside and richer hmm that tells me something.

Zimbabwe, Moldova, Pakistan, Albania are also outside. Are they richer because of that? Comparing apples to oranges doesn't make sense.

Japan, China, USA, Brazil, Canada, Russia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the list of rich countries not in the EU goes on and on

GDP per capita in the EU (2014): US$ 36,447
GDP per capita World (2014) : US$ 10,738
For your information, more is better.

Source: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD/countries/EU-1W?display=graph

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD/countries/EU-NO-CH?display=graph

For your information, Norway and Switzerland are not in the EU, and more is better.

Quote from: LDV81 on June 27, 2016, 11:06

Quote from: Teddy the Cat on June 27, 2016, 05:44

Quote from: LDV81 on June 26, 2016, 20:34

Quote from: Pauws99 on June 26, 2016, 05:29

Norway and Switzerland outside and richer hmm that tells me something.

Zimbabwe, Moldova, Pakistan, Albania are also outside. Are they richer because of that? Comparing apples to oranges doesn't make sense.

Japan, China, USA, Brazil, Canada, Russia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the list of rich countries not in the EU goes on and on

GDP per capita in the EU (2014): US$ 36,447
GDP per capita World (2014) : US$ 10,738
For your information, more is better.

Source: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD/countries/EU-1W?display=graph

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD/countries/EU-NO-CH?display=graph

For your information, Norway and Switzerland are not in the EU, and more is better.

For your information, a bigger sample is always more representative.