mechapoitier on November 2nd, 2017 at 14:26 UTC »
Did people really use Nutmeg so frequently back then that it was actually used as a gauge of size? That's pretty incredible how that's changed over time.
Lil-Lanata on November 2nd, 2017 at 15:07 UTC »
The most interesting thing to me is how the historical set only has quite small items.
Did people not have a common point of reference for larger things? Was is less of a thing to write about larger items.... Hmmmm.
jelio1 on November 2nd, 2017 at 16:05 UTC »
On the 1800's list, 15 out of the 22 analogies were food. On the 2000's list, only 5 out of 22 analogies were food.
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mechapoitier on November 2nd, 2017 at 14:26 UTC »
Did people really use Nutmeg so frequently back then that it was actually used as a gauge of size? That's pretty incredible how that's changed over time.
Lil-Lanata on November 2nd, 2017 at 15:07 UTC »
The most interesting thing to me is how the historical set only has quite small items.
Did people not have a common point of reference for larger things? Was is less of a thing to write about larger items.... Hmmmm.
jelio1 on November 2nd, 2017 at 16:05 UTC »
On the 1800's list, 15 out of the 22 analogies were food. On the 2000's list, only 5 out of 22 analogies were food.