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>short ton vs long ton
>poind vs force pound
>ounce vs fluid ounce
>mile vs Roman mile vs nautical mile
Imagine having such a retarded system that you constantly have to specify which unit you alshyally mean.
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>>220311006
Nautical miles are used globally m8
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>>220311006
i used to find silver coins every so often as a kid and when my dad took me to a shop to sell them i thought "troy ounce" was some nigger rapper desu
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>>220311074
So are feet in aeronautics. Doesn’t mean it’s not retarded naming.
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>>220311006
It's called sovl, being back hanoverian measurements
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It's Britain's system and we just have slightly different standards
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>>220311006
Don't you have to specify anyway? Unless someone is intimately involved in your project they're not going to know mm from cm.
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metric system is king
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>>220311006
IT'S SOVL
Even England uses miles per hour and stone (which is extra sovl).



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