RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 days agoCanada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spellingwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squarePlaidBaron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 days agoIn otherwords its a nightmarish unholy mishmash just like our system of measurement.
minus-squareSturgist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days ago otherwords And that’s not a word.
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIt is now. It’s streets ahead.
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoBut it’s a mishmash I know and love.
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoFormally I don’t believe there is any discrepancy; we’re metric.
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 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-down1·5 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.
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.
Attend de voir le français Canadien.
And that’s not a word.
It is now. It’s streets ahead.
But it’s a mishmash I know and love.
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.