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minus-squareInstigate@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoIs it really? That’s really interesting, and would cause a lot of confusion in metric-English countries where ‘mil’ is pejoratively used in speech to either mean ‘millimetre’ or ‘millilitre’ depending on context.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoIt causes confusion in the US too, because, despite popular misconceptions, we do in fact use both systems.
Is it really? That’s really interesting, and would cause a lot of confusion in metric-English countries where ‘mil’ is pejoratively used in speech to either mean ‘millimetre’ or ‘millilitre’ depending on context.
It causes confusion in the US too, because, despite popular misconceptions, we do in fact use both systems.
pejoratively ≠ casually