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The Picard ManeuverM to [email protected] • 7 months ago

I'm afraid we've been bamboozled

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I'm afraid we've been bamboozled

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The Picard ManeuverM to [email protected] • 7 months ago
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  • The Quuuuuill
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    81•7 months ago

    these MFs convey weight in whatever the fuck “stone” is. don’t let them shame you for not using liters

    • @[email protected]
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      4•7 months ago

      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      32•7 months ago

      It’s 14 lb. Definitely a contender for the dumbest unit in common use.

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        16•7 months ago

        Should just be called a fortpound

      • @[email protected]
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        3•7 months ago

        The point is at the wrong place. And how much is this lb in litres?

        • Nfamwap
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          5•7 months ago

          0.454 l

          • @[email protected]
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            1•7 months ago

            Thaanks!

    • @[email protected]
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      6•7 months ago

      *litre

      https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true

      • The Quuuuuill
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        7•7 months ago

        in this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling

        • @[email protected]
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          2•7 months ago

          Whenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.

          • The Quuuuuill
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            2•7 months ago

            “lee-tray”

        • @[email protected]
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          7•7 months ago

          It’s French.

          • @[email protected]
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            4•7 months ago

            And this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?

            • @[email protected]
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              9•7 months ago

              Yeah sorry it’s a cheque

              • @[email protected]
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                3•7 months ago

                *Czech.

                • The Ramen Dutchman
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                  1•7 months ago

                  Czechmate

            • @[email protected]
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              5•7 months ago

              Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.

    • @[email protected]
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      18•7 months ago

      They’ll also list height in meters and centimeters, but list driving distance in miles.

      • @[email protected]
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        2•7 months ago

        They’re metres and centimetres, but your point is still moot due to our prescribed 3000ft Munros

      • Nfamwap
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        5•7 months ago

        Nah, height is feet and inches

        • @[email protected]
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          4•7 months ago

          Depends which part of the country you live in

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        3•7 months ago

        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

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