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Epegi Givo
Amarr
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2008.11.24 06:00:00 -
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Edited by: Epegi Givo on 24/11/2008 06:00:38
do you really measure height in feet/inches
cause I was playing today and someone claiming to be from england said she was 5'6 (5 feet 6 inches)
it just seemed a little odd because Britain is using the metric system.
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 Originally by: Karrade Krise
Originally by: Epegi Givo
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Pj Harvey
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Posted - 2008.11.24 06:07:00 -
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we measure height in foot and inches in Ireland, even tho we are metric too and the distances is measured in kilometers etc
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Larkonis Trassler
Neo Spartans
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Posted - 2008.11.24 06:17:00 -
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Distances on roads are still measured in miles, beer still comes in pints, a person's weight is usually measured in stones and pounds. Petrol is sold by the litre, foodstuffs are weighed in kgs etc. We are officially metric although I'd say most people older than 20 will think in Imperial as opposed to metric.
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Rawrior
Gallente
Neo Spartans
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Posted - 2008.11.24 07:03:00 -
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get out of my oope lark
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Fink Angel
Caldari
The Merry Men
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Posted - 2008.11.24 07:45:00 -
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Yeah, although we're metric, there are still a lot of things where it's far more common to talk in Imperial measurements.
Height is one.
Weight is another, though we use stones and pounds rather than just pounds as the Americans tend to do.
Road distances and vehicle speeds - still use miles per hour.
Beer - pints.
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Lexi Belle
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Posted - 2008.11.24 08:10:00 -
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Edited by: Lexi Belle on 24/11/2008 08:10:23
Edited by: Lexi Belle on 24/11/2008 08:10:04
Originally by: Larkonis Trassler
Gasoline is sold by the liter
Fixed that for ya. Seriously I thought the british spawned the language. Five minutes of watching your parliament on c-span and all I hear is clicks and pops.
And what the hell is a tradesmen's entrance?
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Fink Angel
Caldari
The Merry Men
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Posted - 2008.11.24 08:20:00 -
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Originally by: Lexi Belle
Originally by: Larkonis Trassler
Petroleum Spirit is sold by the liter
Fixed that for ya. Seriously I thought the british spawned the language. Five minutes of watching your parliament on c-span and all I hear is clicks and pops.
And what the hell is a tradesmen's entrance?
Corrected it again for you! 
A tradesman's entrance is either:
a) A back or side entrance to a house, bacuase posh people would want tradesmen to deal with their servants and not use the front entrance to the house.
b) A euphamism for bum. As in "Does she take it up the tradesman's?" 
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Reven Cordelle
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2008.11.24 08:54:00 -
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I'm Multi-Measurist.
I measure with what ever unit is closer. Height is usually in Feet and Inches though, yes. Feet and Inches are more relative to each other than meters and centimeters. Say if someone is 6' 2", and another person is 5'2", its a lot easier to visualise the missing 1'.
However say there is a measurement that is pretty much an inch, but around 2cm. I'll just say "Yeah its about an inch" rather than "Yeah, about 2cm"
However if I'm marking something out, or making something, i'll generally work in millimeters, because they're good enough for my level of accuracy.
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
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Posted - 2008.11.24 09:55:00 -
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More importantly how did you pull off making the americans keep the backwards measurings of their former masters?
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Kaiser Sorano
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Posted - 2008.11.24 10:14:00 -
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Originally by: Lexi Belle
Edited by: Lexi Belle on 24/11/2008 08:10:23
Edited by: Lexi Belle on 24/11/2008 08:10:04
Originally by: Larkonis Trassler
Gasoline is sold by the liter
Fixed that for ya. Seriously I thought the british spawned the language. Five minutes of watching your parliament on c-span and all I hear is clicks and pops.
We did. It was you yanks who b@stardised it.
That's right, with an S
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Reven Cordelle
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2008.11.24 10:45:00 -
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Originally by: Kaiser Sorano
Originally by: Lexi Belle
Originally by: Larkonis Trassler
Gasoline is sold by the liter
Fixed that for ya. Seriously I thought the british spawned the language. Five minutes of watching your parliament on c-span and all I hear is clicks and pops.
We did. It was you yanks who b@stardised it.
That's right, with an S
Pff.. Gasoline, Petrol
I call it Motion Lotion, and its sold by the "HOW MUCH?! </clearskies>"
Although news flash, cost of petroleum distillate is down to 89p per litre in this area!
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Malcanis
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2008.11.24 10:53:00 -
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Originally by: Epegi Givo
Edited by: Epegi Givo on 24/11/2008 06:00:38
do you really measure height in feet/inches
cause I was playing today and someone claiming to be from england said she was 5'6 (5 feet 6 inches)
it just seemed a little odd because Britain is using the metric system.
Yeah we're supposed to be all metric and that. And if I'm doing calculations & such, that's definitely what I use. Food is sold in kilograms, cloth is sold in metres, etc.
But we still think in feet/inches. Road signs still show miles, not Km. Beer is sold in pints - in pubs. But if you buy a bottle of beer in a shop, it will be in metric.
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Kaiser Sorano
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Posted - 2008.11.24 10:54:00 -
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Quote:
Pff.. Gasoline, Petrol
I call it Motion Lotion, and its sold by the "HOW MUCH?! </clearskies>"
Although news flash, cost of petroleum distillate is down to 89p per litre in this area!
Egads, reveal your location, post haste! It's around the 94p mark here
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Reven Cordelle
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2008.11.24 11:06:00 -
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Originally by: Kaiser Sorano
Quote:
Pff.. Gasoline, Petrol
I call it Motion Lotion, and its sold by the "HOW MUCH?! </clearskies>"
Although news flash, cost of petroleum distillate is down to 89p per litre in this area!
Egads, reveal your location, post haste! It's around the 94p mark here
Fareham, Hampshire. The local ASDA in the area is down to 89p. Shocking revelations, they've always been the cheapest though. What with essentially being walmart.
89p! Thats what... Year 2002 prices?
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The TX
Gallente
Pulsar Combat Supplies
Alternative Realities
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Posted - 2008.11.24 11:14:00 -
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Believe it or not, I think that's just LAST YEARS prices - it's not as long ago as you think - it really has gone up a LOT in short space of time.
Maybe two years ago's prices.
This thread is funny. Keep it up.
Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Holy wall of text TX-Man.
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Reven Cordelle
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2008.11.24 11:15:00 -
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Originally by: The TX
Believe it or not, I think that's just LAST YEARS prices - it's not as long ago as you think - it really has gone up a LOT in short space of time.
Maybe two years ago's prices.
This thread is funny. Keep it up.
True, I only started driving this year so I haven't really noticed until now. Even then, I only ever see the petrol station once a month, if that.
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Davina Braben
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Posted - 2008.11.24 11:25:00 -
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There's actually a bit of conflict between metric which is what all of Europe use and UK Imperial measures which is what people are used to.
There was not too long ago some friction between shop keepers who were using imperial and the drive to standardise from the EU.
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Stitcher
Caldari
Duty.
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Posted - 2008.11.24 11:31:00 -
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Okay, I'm officially adopting "motion lotion" - it's just too awesome to pass up.
let's see... I personally measure:
my height in feet and inches
my weight in kilograms
my beer in pints
my other liquids in liters
my distances in meters and miles
my temperatures in Celcius
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Tzar'rim
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Posted - 2008.11.24 11:39:00 -
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Would be funny if the UK would also adopt driving on the right (pun intended) of the road, or rather... some would just like you use both metric and imperial.
Roundabouts would be great fun.
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Reven Cordelle
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2008.11.24 11:43:00 -
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Originally by: Tzar'rim
Would be funny if the UK would also adopt driving on the right (pun intended) of the road, or rather... some would just like you use both metric and imperial.
Roundabouts would be great fun.
Maybe, It would be great for me, I drive a Left Hand Drive car! :D
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Gneeznow
Minmatar
North Eastern Swat
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2008.11.24 12:00:00 -
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all the cool people drive on the left side
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Stitcher
Caldari
Duty.
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Posted - 2008.11.24 12:32:00 -
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little known fact - driving on the left hails from a rather less... peaceful time in our history, when it was a good idea to keep your sword-arm in the middle of the road as you rode on horseback.
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Rodj Blake
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2008.11.24 12:36:00 -
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Originally by: Stitcher
little known fact - driving on the left hails from a rather less... peaceful time in our history, when it was a good idea to keep your sword-arm in the middle of the road as you rode on horseback.
And countries that had revolutions changed to the right as it meant that those without swords were the equal of those with.
Dulce et decorum est pro imperium mori.
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Tzar'rim
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Posted - 2008.11.24 12:37:00 -
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Originally by: Rodj Blake
Originally by: Stitcher
little known fact - driving on the left hails from a rather less... peaceful time in our history, when it was a good idea to keep your sword-arm in the middle of the road as you rode on horseback.
And countries that had revolutions changed to the right as it meant that those without swords were the equal of those with.
Actually didn't know that, nice.
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Voltain
BEER Inc.
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Posted - 2008.11.24 12:46:00 -
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Originally by: Rodj Blake
Originally by: Stitcher
little known fact - driving on the left hails from a rather less... peaceful time in our history, when it was a good idea to keep your sword-arm in the middle of the road as you rode on horseback.
And countries that had revolutions changed to the right as it meant that those without swords were the equal of those with.
'cept for lefties of course, who solopwnd.
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Atomos Darksun
Quantum Industries
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2008.11.24 13:13:00 -
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so how long will it be until some small town in the UK bans metric because it's residents are too stupid to learn it?
(Latin incident a few weeks back...)
Originally by: Amoxin
My vent is talking to me in a devil voice...
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kor anon
Amarr
The Tuskers
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Posted - 2008.11.24 13:25:00 -
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Originally by: Atomos Darksun
so how long will it be until some small town in the UK bans metric because it's residents are too stupid to learn it?
(Latin incident a few weeks back...)
Dont know why the council got involved. But hey, i dont know why the Government gets involved with a lot of pointless ****. I guess our tax money has to go somewhere
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Avaan Eclipse
Gallente
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Posted - 2008.11.24 13:29:00 -
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Originally by: kor anon
Originally by: Atomos Darksun
so how long will it be until some small town in the UK bans metric because it's residents are too stupid to learn it?
(Latin incident a few weeks back...)
Dont know why the council got involved. But hey, i dont know why the Government gets involved with a lot of pointless ****. I guess our tax money has to go somewhere
That'd be a laugh, especially since metric is inherently an easier system to learn due to it actually using the same numerical base as the arabic numbers.
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The TX
Gallente
Pulsar Combat Supplies
Alternative Realities
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Posted - 2008.11.24 13:42:00 -
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This thread still delivers. It's funny, educational, and sparking debate amongst people of different cultures. or sum **** like dat, innit.
Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Holy wall of text TX-Man.
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Arianhod
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Posted - 2008.11.24 15:33:00 -
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Funnily enough I am reading "Made in America" by Bill Bryson at the moment. I am taking the majority at face value as "A Brief History of Allmost Everything" was mostly spot on.
Point in context, "Stiff upper lip" is actualy an Americanism, not British 
Yea we stoles it, it's ours now.
Working from it he utter rips to pieces the Disney version of American history alongside how this lead to words and phrases being made. The most interesting one was the fact that in the original American flag, it appears they used a Royal Navy Ensighn with white background and stitched on 13 red stripes. Looked more like the Australian flag to be honest, funny how history is stranger than fiction in some respects eh?
With regards to Imperialism, it is called Imperialism because it was British Imperial system. The early Americans called themselves "American" in the sense that I had a BLT "A week last Tuesday", and hence wanted to follow Britain in many respects, hence they kept the language and conventions mostly intact and used the system they had learned from the teet, Imperial.
Metric is the best thing France has ever done in my opinion, I mean that in a very good way, I never learned Imperial and to be honest people look at me strange when I have to seriously think about what a foot is in respect to a meter.
Give it 20 years, and we will be humoring Grandad about Imperial as the younger generation uses metric exclusively. I assume the French had the same problem just after the revolution getting the older generation out the way to make Metric the only one even thought of being used.
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