Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoBanana for scalemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square181linkfedilinkarrow-up1684arrow-down111
arrow-up1673arrow-down1imageBanana for scalemedia.piefed.socialEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square181linkfedilink
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·5 days ago thousands of an inch Which is called a “mil”, a name that has never caused confusion
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.
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.
It causes confusion in the US too, because, despite popular misconceptions, we do in fact use both systems.
pejoratively ≠ casually