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I can only grok land areas in terms of the size of Wales.

• drcongo 4y ago
  A Luxembourg is approximately 1/5 of a Wales. No idea why the Guardian would be using Luxembourgs when the world has settled on the Wales as the unit of land area.
  • earthbee 4y ago
    So roughly two deciwales?
    • OJFord 4y ago
      What's that in double-decker buses?
      • thfuran 4y ago
        Just over one score score score score score score.
      • drcongo 4y ago
        A double decker bus should only really be used for volume. You want football pitches here. One deciwales is around 323000 football pitches, so a Luxembourg is roughly 646000.
• drewcoo 4y ago
  As a non-native, I have to ask what is the plural of "Wales?"
  • junon 4y ago
    I propose "woolies".
  • jfengel 4y ago
    Etymologically, "Wales" is already plural. The root is "wealh", meaning "foreigner" (and before that, a tribe who lived in the region). "Cornwall" contains the same root. Of course in this case "Wales" is its own word, independent of its etymological root. Since it's an English word, you pluralize it the same way you would any other word ending in s: "Waleses". The same construction applies to the founder of Wikipedia with his family: The Waleses.
• dan_hawkins 4y ago
  What happened to football stadiums?? /s