RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 14 days agoCanada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spellingwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squarePlaidBaron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·13 days agoIn otherwords its a nightmarish unholy mishmash just like our system of measurement.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days ago otherwords And that’s not a word.
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoIt is now. It’s streets ahead.
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 days agoAttend de voir le français Canadien.
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 days agoBut it’s a mishmash I know and love.
minus-squareSturgist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days agoUK has a stupid fucked up mishmash of measurements too. Miles for speed and distance, stone for weight. Centimetres for height, mg/G/kg for food, ml/l for liquids and fuel.
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·12 days agoFormally I don’t believe there is any discrepancy; we’re metric.
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·12 days agoI haven’t met a single person who doesn’t do combat sports that knows their weight in kgs.
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·12 days agoSure, but that’s colloquial usage. Same with pool temps and our heights. Any official government capacity though we’re all in on metric.
In otherwords its a nightmarish unholy mishmash just like our system of measurement.
And that’s not a word.
It is now. It’s streets ahead.
Attend de voir le français Canadien.
But it’s a mishmash I know and love.
UK has a stupid fucked up mishmash of measurements too. Miles for speed and distance, stone for weight. Centimetres for height, mg/G/kg for food, ml/l for liquids and fuel.
Formally I don’t believe there is any discrepancy; we’re metric.
I haven’t met a single person who doesn’t do combat sports that knows their weight in kgs.
Sure, but that’s colloquial usage. Same with pool temps and our heights. Any official government capacity though we’re all in on metric.