French has inches?

[nq:1]French has inches? I just looked at the box that my room fan came in: 14" whole-house air circulator 14 po pour toute la maison air ventilateur Is "po" a word for inches? An abbreviation? Or something else?[/nq]
Bien sûr... des pouces.
Il ne bougera pas d'un pouce.
He won't budge an inch.

Greetings.
[nq:1]French has inches?[/nq]
Yes, albeit not as a commonly used unit of measurement.

Regards,
Tristan

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[nq:2]French has inches? I just looked at the box that ... "po" a word for inches? An abbreviation? Or something else?[/nq]
[nq:1]Bien sûr... des pouces. Il ne bougera pas d'un pouce. He won't budge an inch.[/nq]
Indeed. French for 'Tom Thumb' is Jeanne la Poucelle... They even sell unused inches at the Marché aux Pouces ...
John 'Somebody STOP me...' Dean
Oxford

[nq:1]Indeed. French for 'Tom Thumb' is Jeanne la Poucelle... They even sell unused inches at the Marché aux Pouces ... John 'Somebody STOP me...' Dean[/nq]
John, STOP!!! Or we'll send you away with a flea in your ear.

Philip Eden
(Nicky Campbell is ...

[nq:2]Bien sûr... des pouces. Il ne bougera pas d'un pouce. He won't budge an inch.[/nq]
[nq:1]Indeed. French for 'Tom Thumb' is Jeanne la Poucelle... They even sell unused inches at the Marché aux Pouces ...[/nq]
Common mistake, it is unused itches.

[nq:1]Indeed. French for 'Tom Thumb' is Jeanne la Poucelle... They even sell unused inches at the Marché aux Pouces ... Speaking of thumbs reminded me of a colourful BrEng idiom that I haven't heard for some time ... possibly originating in british military slang:[/nq]
Thumb in *** and mind (or 'brain') in neutral
A quick google shows how rare it seems to be these days:

TIB TIBAMI

[nq:1]French has inches? I just looked at the box that my room fan came in: 14" whole-house air circulator 14 po pour toute la maison air ventilateur Is "po" a word for inches? An abbreviation? Or something else?[/nq]
(Fr) "pouce" = (Eng) "thumb", "inch"

Martin Ambuhl

[nq:2]Indeed. French for 'Tom Thumb' is Jeanne la Poucelle... They even sell unused inches at the Marché aux Pouces ... [/nq]
[nq:1]Speaking of thumbs reminded me of a colourful BrEng idiom that I haven't heard for some time ... possibly originating ... 7 web 164 0 2[/nq]
It went to America. I recollect seeing it in George V Higgins. From Google - 'thumb up my ***' hits 946, 'his' *** 392

[nq:1]It went to America. I recollect seeing it in George V Higgins. From Google - 'thumb up my ***' hits 946, 'his' *** 392 and 'thumb up their ***' 160.[/nq]
'thumbs up their *****' 442.
But "thumb in ***" sounds a lot better.

Ray Heindl
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[nq:2]French has inches?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, albeit not as a commonly used unit of measurement.[/nq]
Common enough in Quebec, and that's likely the reason for the inscription on any Western Hemisphere goods.
Oliver C.