Godric@lemmy.world to Memes@midwest.social · 3 days agoYou just gotta know how to talk to Euroslemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down112
arrow-up1268arrow-down1imageYou just gotta know how to talk to Euroslemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Memes@midwest.social · 3 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareSwordgeek@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down8·3 days agoThat’s kilometre. Ironivally, the only country that officially uses kilometer is…the US.
minus-squaregeissi@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days ago only country that officially uses kilometer is…the US Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden all use Meter
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoHere in Germany, it’s also called “kilometer”, albeit in our German bastardization of Ancient Greek.
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoTry kilometr in polish. What, don’t like consonants so close together?
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days agoStrč prst skrz krk. One of my life’s greatest achievements was convincing a guy from Brazil that the sentence above is not ridiculously stupid.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days agonah a lot of people around the world use US spelling because it is more accessible and generally makes more sense than french
That’s kilometre.
Ironivally, the only country that officially uses kilometer is…the US.
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden all use Meter
Here in Germany, it’s also called “kilometer”, albeit in our German bastardization of Ancient Greek.
Try kilometr in polish. What, don’t like consonants so close together?
Strč prst skrz krk.
One of my life’s greatest achievements was convincing a guy from Brazil that the sentence above is not ridiculously stupid.
nah a lot of people around the world use US spelling because it is more accessible and generally makes more sense than french