Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoBanana for scalemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square165linkfedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down18
arrow-up1305arrow-down1imageBanana for scalemedia.piefed.socialEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square165linkfedilink
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day ago thousands of an inch Which is called a “mil”, a name that has never caused confusion
minus-squareInstigate@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours 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-up5·19 hours agoIt causes confusion in the US too, because, despite popular misconceptions, we do in fact use both systems.
Which is called a “mil”, a name that has never caused confusion
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.
pejoratively ≠ casually
It causes confusion in the US too, because, despite popular misconceptions, we do in fact use both systems.