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snubnose:
Some imperial person: Please move 3 feet
Me: Whats that in meters ? ... Lightyears !? ... Ångström ???
cesium133:
I don’t know, “feet” seems kind of self explanatory. Most people have two of them.
Cornelius:
Exactly one short. :roll:
DaiJB:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 28 Jan 2022, 09:26 ---I don’t know, “feet” seems kind of self explanatory. Most people have two of them.
--- End quote ---
That doesn't follow at all - just because the imperial measure's name is "foot" doesn't mean anyone is going to assume that their own foot is meant to represent that length. After all, this is the quirky English language we're talking about here - the old imperial system is full of weird names that bear no apparent resemblance to reality..."chains", "rods", "yards", "pecks", "gills", "grains"...why should anyone assume that the "foot" as a measure of length had anything to do with human feet?
[Also, I measured my foot and it's way short of 30 centimeters (which is roughly an imperial foot) in length. If I used my foot's length to measure my height, I am apparently just shy of seven feet tall] :-D
Is it cold in here?:
Wasn't it some random king's foot?
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