Ligne ('''): what does it mean?
An old French measurement represented as L or ''' used mostly for movement size and thickness. Equivalent to 0,088812168 inches or 2,2558291mm. I hope this will come in handy next time you're browsing vintage movements.
I wrote this whole thing as a note to self and also to make a crude joke where I say "ligne balls" at the end, then I found out "ligne" is pronounced the same as "line," so just imagine it was pronounced with a hard g and repeat my pun and see if you laugh.
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Ryan Schwartz
A famous Dutch saying: “𝘕𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘣 𝘫𝘦, 𝘫𝘢 𝘬𝘶𝘯 𝘫𝘦 𝘬𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘨𝘦𝘯.”
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Whenever I see French-looking words, I try to pronounce them as such. But I was wrong about this one; when I saw the word, I assumed that "lean yaze" was the correct pronunciation, LOL 🤣 But yeah, I get the joke with the hard "g." Bravo! 👍