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minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up79·13 days agothese MFs convey weight in whatever the fuck “stone” is. don’t let them shame you for not using liters
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·13 days agoIt’s 14 lb. Definitely a contender for the dumbest unit in common use.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·13 days agoShould just be called a fortpound
minus-squarekryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·13 days agoThey’ll also list height in meters and centimeters, but list driving distance in miles.
minus-squareNfamwap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·13 days agoNah, height is feet and inches
minus-squareParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoRough people height generally feet (“a 5ft lass”, “he’s gotta be 7ft!”), actual height in m or cm. Except above a certain height and then well it’s a 15ft drop or a 3000ft munro
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·13 days agoThey’re metres and centimetres, but your point is still moot due to our prescribed 3000ft Munros
minus-squarethehatfox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agoStone is only real used for body weights now, and mostly be older people. I see metric weights used a lot more in medicine and by younger folk now.
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·13 days ago*litre https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·13 days agoin this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
minus-squareOvershoot2648@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·13 days agoAnd this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·13 days agoHaven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
minus-squareZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·12 days agoWhenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
these MFs convey weight in whatever the fuck “stone” is. don’t let them shame you for not using liters
It’s 14 lb. Definitely a contender for the dumbest unit in common use.
Should just be called a fortpound
They’ll also list height in meters and centimeters, but list driving distance in miles.
Nah, height is feet and inches
Rough people height generally feet (“a 5ft lass”, “he’s gotta be 7ft!”), actual height in m or cm. Except above a certain height and then well it’s a 15ft drop or a 3000ft munro
They’re metres and centimetres, but your point is still moot due to our prescribed 3000ft Munros
Stone is only real used for body weights now, and mostly be older people. I see metric weights used a lot more in medicine and by younger folk now.
*litre
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
in this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
It’s French.
And this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
Yeah sorry it’s a cheque
*Czech.
Czechmate
Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
Whenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
“lee-tray”