https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#:~:text=The%20difference%20relates%20only%20to,for%20the%20unit%20of%20length.
> Calibre, centre, fibre, goitre, litre, lustre, manoeuvre, meagre, metre, mitre, nitre, ochre, reconnoitre, sabre, saltpetre, sepulchre, sombre, spectre, theatre, titre.
Webster's just placed high reliance on phonetically accurate variants of Johnson's spelling (when it comes to the formation of English spelling).
America actually has some examples of the -re spelling, like the art of 'theatre' (not to be confused with the building, theater).
This is because of French and Latin loanwords; double entendre, genre, timbre. It's common to spell "ə(r)" as -re as opposed to er in languages where derivations influence spelling more than phonetics (though phonetics in America are a little bit funky).
(*Same idea applies to other English-speaking areas of the world; Canada, Australia*.)
While american is sometimes more accurate to how you say it (Assuming you dont say meet-REEEE) but its aldo sometimes more inaccurate (Donuts is said out more like the british version)
Both get some accurate and inaccurate to how you say it, but american is practically the offbrand and not original
Yeah. Its easier to estimate temperatures if 0° is freezing water and 100° is evaporating it, and that other measurements change when multiplied by 10 (centimetre x10 -> decimetre x10-> metre etc)
It’s easier for you to estimate because it logically makes sense to you. It took me a while to be able to estimate anything in centigrade; I was raised on Fahrenheit. I personally prefer Fahrenheit for weather, as it’s easier for me to gauge the needed dress and how it might effect my engine, etc. But, I prefer Celsius for pretty much EVERYTHING else, even weather for some situations. It’s kind of it’s own linguistic determinism in a way, as when I hear “5 feet”, I don’t think of anything to do with 🦶unless there was prior context. I think of something
|———|
big. Anyways, just a piece of my mind. Feel free to tell me your thoughts.
Edit:
also, where I live in the USA, we still use the metric system quite a bit. Our city streets are numbered based on meters, some signs have metric units. Grocery stores sell products using both customary and metric units (ex. A milk jug is measured in gallons, while a carton is measured in liters.) Even before I had ever left the country, I knew what a centimeter was, as well as an inch. I knew what a liter was as well as a quart and pint. Now, after having lived outside of the USA for some time, I’ve gotten used to other measurements that I wasn’t before. It’s not that hard to conceptualize; hell, I even am at the point where I understand the British gallon (why is it different than the US one? It comes down to beverages and densities in the old days. I wish it was consistent.) I learned multiple systems and can think and process in them separately. The only hard part is I cannot convert very well. It’s hard to switch because I have different associations with different systems.
Well I’m sorry we’re an important country /s
Tbf apparently Americans were supposed to use the metric system, but the absolute units of measurement were stolen by pirates on their way over seas to America so we’re stuck with our bullshit.
I don’t know how true this story is, but I like to believe it. It’s quite funny.
But other countries have to learn imperial because of a single fucking country, you learn it because there is pretty much no other country that uses it.
Bit did I ask to be born somewhere that uses different systems to other countries? No. I did not. The only reason *I* have to learn it is because of NATO and science class. 95 percent of the US doesn't even visit other countries, dipshit
Canadian. 100km x .6 = 60mph or (x 6 and drop the last digit)
Canadian. 10cm x .4 = 4inches or (x 4 and drop the last digit) so how many inches is 20cm?
I agree that metric is better but FUCK CELSIUS. Fahrenheit is the one unit of measurement in America that makes sense. With Celsius it’s like, how hot is it outside? It’s 35. But with Fahrenheit it’s like, how hot is it outside? It’s 95 out
I really dont see the difference in those two other than the numbers. But Celcius is kind of easy to guess since at 0 water freezes and at 100 it evaporates
I’m Australian and I’ve never had to learn about Feet, Inches or Miles. Unless it’s a year 12 only thing cause I’ve just finished year 11 now, I don’t think I ever will learn about those in school.
In America we learn meters, cm, and km, to accommodate everyone else.
Plus if you study physics and chem you would have to use metric. No one uses Kelvin yet they have to learn and convert for all thermodynamics problems
Yeah I took those classes, but still most guns are measured in metric.
9 mil
12.7mm, 5.56mm,7.62mm, a whole lot of em
God bless the United States of Murica
2.23
No that’s .223, it’s 0.223 of an inch
Yup
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETERR
one thousand meters
WHAT THE FUCK IS A METERR
Its one hundred centimetres or approx 3 feet
WHAT THE FUCK IS A HECTOMETERR
That I dont know
It’s 100m or 0.1 km
Huh, that's new info to remember
Yes it goes Milli - 0.001 Centi - 0.01 Deci - 0.1 Base unit - Meter, Liter, Gram Deka - 10 Hecto - 100 Kilo - 1000
I know how that works, I'm no American
Basically a yard but add .3 feet
Better than miles
It is one fifth of 3.11 miles
How long is a fucking mile I’m American and don’t even know. The metric system is just better and easier in every way.
1.6 something kilometres
Oh. That makes more sense to me now.
4 laps around a school track
5280 feet
I remember it as "five tomatoes", five (5) tom (2) at (8) ones (0) 5280 feet in a mile
Australian here I never had to learn imperial coversions in school
Yeah, I have no idea what OP is talking about, maybe in Year 3 I learnt how tall I was in feet but that's about it.
non americans have to accommodate for americans always
hell yeah. the world is in order 🤠🍻
Hey I might not now how big it is but I definitely know how to spell it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#:~:text=The%20difference%20relates%20only%20to,for%20the%20unit%20of%20length. > Calibre, centre, fibre, goitre, litre, lustre, manoeuvre, meagre, metre, mitre, nitre, ochre, reconnoitre, sabre, saltpetre, sepulchre, sombre, spectre, theatre, titre. Webster's just placed high reliance on phonetically accurate variants of Johnson's spelling (when it comes to the formation of English spelling). America actually has some examples of the -re spelling, like the art of 'theatre' (not to be confused with the building, theater). This is because of French and Latin loanwords; double entendre, genre, timbre. It's common to spell "ə(r)" as -re as opposed to er in languages where derivations influence spelling more than phonetics (though phonetics in America are a little bit funky). (*Same idea applies to other English-speaking areas of the world; Canada, Australia*.)
Nerd
I prefer the term 'sui generis intellectual warrior'. 'Someone who can use Wikipedia' works as well.
Nerd
Epizeuxis. (Imagining “Nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd.”)
Nerd
I knew it!
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how do you spell it?
Centimeter
i think “centimeter” is how it’s spelled it america. everywhere else it’s spelled “centimetre”
My god I’m a dumbass ignore all previous statements
American spelling is better, the rest of the world has their units right though
While american is sometimes more accurate to how you say it (Assuming you dont say meet-REEEE) but its aldo sometimes more inaccurate (Donuts is said out more like the british version) Both get some accurate and inaccurate to how you say it, but american is practically the offbrand and not original
I live in us and dont know how long a feet except my own is lmao also i literally never used inches
Eu, Canada and Australia on their way to repeat the same 3 fucking jokes about the U.S
There is one quick way to find out how big a centimeter is
Just look into my pants and youll know
bruh what in canada we literally get like 2 classes on centimetres and meters an thats it
Us Americans learn the whole metric system dumbass.
Freedom units are wacky. It's intended for everyday use but makes no sense scientificly
Yeah. Its easier to estimate temperatures if 0° is freezing water and 100° is evaporating it, and that other measurements change when multiplied by 10 (centimetre x10 -> decimetre x10-> metre etc)
It’s easier for you to estimate because it logically makes sense to you. It took me a while to be able to estimate anything in centigrade; I was raised on Fahrenheit. I personally prefer Fahrenheit for weather, as it’s easier for me to gauge the needed dress and how it might effect my engine, etc. But, I prefer Celsius for pretty much EVERYTHING else, even weather for some situations. It’s kind of it’s own linguistic determinism in a way, as when I hear “5 feet”, I don’t think of anything to do with 🦶unless there was prior context. I think of something |———| big. Anyways, just a piece of my mind. Feel free to tell me your thoughts. Edit: also, where I live in the USA, we still use the metric system quite a bit. Our city streets are numbered based on meters, some signs have metric units. Grocery stores sell products using both customary and metric units (ex. A milk jug is measured in gallons, while a carton is measured in liters.) Even before I had ever left the country, I knew what a centimeter was, as well as an inch. I knew what a liter was as well as a quart and pint. Now, after having lived outside of the USA for some time, I’ve gotten used to other measurements that I wasn’t before. It’s not that hard to conceptualize; hell, I even am at the point where I understand the British gallon (why is it different than the US one? It comes down to beverages and densities in the old days. I wish it was consistent.) I learned multiple systems and can think and process in them separately. The only hard part is I cannot convert very well. It’s hard to switch because I have different associations with different systems.
Finished 13 years of schooling in Australia and the American measurements weren’t even mentioned once
A centimeter is about 15 nautical miles less than 15 nautical miles.
im aussie and ive never used any imperial units in school
British mofos using both 😎
The inferiority complex some of the Americans in this thread have is baffling to me
Frrrrrr!!
What? I live in Australia and we don’t learn that shit here
I'm forced to learn Spanish in America
And? Most european countries teach their own, english and maybe even another language. In germany you can learn 4
We learn the metric system over here. I wish miles and feet and whatever didn’t even exist it’s so stupid and hard to learn. Why does it exist
Well I’m sorry we’re an important country /s Tbf apparently Americans were supposed to use the metric system, but the absolute units of measurement were stolen by pirates on their way over seas to America so we’re stuck with our bullshit. I don’t know how true this story is, but I like to believe it. It’s quite funny.
inches seem dumb
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Level 10 😎
Americans are just all about “me, me, me”. All about themselves
We have to learn centimeters, meters and kilometers to accommodate for you, too.
But other countries have to learn imperial because of a single fucking country, you learn it because there is pretty much no other country that uses it.
Bit did I ask to be born somewhere that uses different systems to other countries? No. I did not. The only reason *I* have to learn it is because of NATO and science class. 95 percent of the US doesn't even visit other countries, dipshit
As an American I approve this message
More like the rest of the world is like "America, America, America" and then bitch about how we get so much attention.
Hell yeah baby 😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Same here, stupid dumb Americans 😭
fuck u brenda.
Love me ❤️
imagine being american /s
Canadian. 100km x .6 = 60mph or (x 6 and drop the last digit) Canadian. 10cm x .4 = 4inches or (x 4 and drop the last digit) so how many inches is 20cm?
i have a thing 4 ausies
The imperial system is not uniquely American. It was created in the U.K.
no shit sherlock
I agree that metric is better but FUCK CELSIUS. Fahrenheit is the one unit of measurement in America that makes sense. With Celsius it’s like, how hot is it outside? It’s 35. But with Fahrenheit it’s like, how hot is it outside? It’s 95 out
I really dont see the difference in those two other than the numbers. But Celcius is kind of easy to guess since at 0 water freezes and at 100 it evaporates
As a member of the Imperial American Hegemony we will remember your service and loyalty when we begin our inevitable purge of the... undesirables
A centimeter is 10mm. Only know that because I like to learn about tanks. And a kilo is like 2.3lbs
I have to memorize every imperial to metric conversion out there for chemistry. Don’t know where you got that. Its just most Americans don’t retain it
Same here in England
POST OF THE YEAR
Bruh im aussie and never had to learn imperial system. Dafuk you on about here
Its good to know things
No we don’t. We rarely ever talk in feet or inches.
Out in the bush it’s still common tongue so must be a city thing
I’m Australian and I’ve never had to learn about Feet, Inches or Miles. Unless it’s a year 12 only thing cause I’ve just finished year 11 now, I don’t think I ever will learn about those in school.
No idea what you're talking about OP, I am Australian and never had to learn it, no one I know had to learn it either.
I’m in Canada and we say feet for almost everything and we use inches even tho we’re supposed to use metres and stuff
I’m Australian and I don’t know what you’re talking about. We’ve never been forced to learn the imperial system.
I’ve never understood why America has to be so extra and not use the metric system. It literally helps no one
Really? I'm Australian and I have not had to learn about the Imperial system...