MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 days agoNot those footballs, American footballs!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageNot those footballs, American footballs!sh.itjust.worksMeatPilot@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoDon’t get me started on short forms. Lbs and oz?
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agolbs is from libra, the Latin word for “scale”. oz is from onza, the Spanish ounce.
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agopd and oc would make more sense in an English-speaking country. Here again, the metric system is easier to understand. (We won’t talk about Claude Emile Jean-Baptiste Litre.)
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoThey would be way crazier if non-English-speaking countries used imperial units. See language entries for “inch”
Don’t get me started on short forms. Lbs and oz?
lbs is from libra, the Latin word for “scale”. oz is from onza, the Spanish ounce.
pd and oc would make more sense in an English-speaking country. Here again, the metric system is easier to understand. (We won’t talk about Claude Emile Jean-Baptiste Litre.)
They would be way crazier if non-English-speaking countries used imperial units. See language entries for “inch”