# Episode 115: The Measure of a Person

An episode of [The History of English Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536), 21 Aug 2018, 1 h 04 min.

Audio: https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep115-Measure-of-Person.mp3

For much of human history, common measurements of length were based on body parts and were variable from region to region. Most other measurements were also inconsistent. During the 1300s, these measurements started to be fixed and standardized for the first time. In this episode, we look at those developments, and we explore the history of our words related to measurements. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 115

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