thorinn@diku.UUCP (Lars Henrik Mathiesen) (02/08/86)
In article <831@inset.UUCP> mikeb@inset.UUCP (Mike Banahan) writes: >I thought that ore translated as ``ear'' Actually, that's `only' a homonym; oere as a currency unit is from Latin: (uncia) aurea, meaning `ounce of gold'. (That was about 900 AD; gold value would be about 5000 kr. = 500000 oere now.) -- Lars Mathiesen, DIKU, U. of Copenhagen ..mcvax!diku!thorinn