As an American, I completely agree with the idea of the US adopting the metric system. It just makes too much sense. I do think that countries’ unique English spellings add “typographical flavor”. :D
The US does not use stone. You can thank the queen’s men for that.
As a machinist, though, I’m coming around to metric being the superior standard for building and engineering. Its easier to keep track of everything instead of constantly converting from decimal to fraction and back. Figuring out taps and drills is WAY easier too.
Haa I can just hear the Australian accent in my head when I read “Kulla”. Very nice.
And yes, we do pronounce the U as in brochure (“cul-lure”). But the francaphones say it like “cool-lurrrre” so idek what’s going in there. But I’m pretty sure a lot of Americans pronounce the U tho just like they do in Canadian English.
So maybe the optimal solution here for the Americans to add a U and the Australians to drop it, and the French Canadians can keep doing whatever the hell they’re doing if their neat little accents.
It’s controversial in countries like Australia…
We need to standardise English, and we need to accept the US won in spelling.
Conversely, the US needs to accept they lost the metric/imperial war and start changing their shit to be less stupid.
What the fuck is 90
stone? How long is 2.5 miles? Pounds = lbs? How? (Okay US doesn’t use stone)Don’t get me started on the “19 hamburgers is equal to 5 eagles” memes.
Also, everyone needs to accept the ISO date format.
YYYY-MM-DD
You’re objectively wrong if you think any other format is comparable.
Also also, you can keep using feet and inches for your own height as long as you’re between 5-6 feet.
Otherwise I get confused.
As an American, I completely agree with the idea of the US adopting the metric system. It just makes too much sense. I do think that countries’ unique English spellings add “typographical flavor”. :D
The US does not use stone. You can thank the queen’s men for that.
As a machinist, though, I’m coming around to metric being the superior standard for building and engineering. Its easier to keep track of everything instead of constantly converting from decimal to fraction and back. Figuring out taps and drills is WAY easier too.
As a Canadian I cannot accept this. To drop the U in ‘colour’ would be an affront to my dignity
I will support colour if we can get everyone onboard with ‘behaviour’.
Well, Canadians probably pronounce the U in colour like the U in Brochure.
Do you mean to tell me that Australians don’t pronounce the U?
Saying it out loud sounds like “Kulla”
Also, do you mean to tell me Canadians DO pronounce the U in colour like brochure?
Haa I can just hear the Australian accent in my head when I read “Kulla”. Very nice.
And yes, we do pronounce the U as in brochure (“cul-lure”). But the francaphones say it like “cool-lurrrre” so idek what’s going in there. But I’m pretty sure a lot of Americans pronounce the U tho just like they do in Canadian English.
So maybe the optimal solution here for the Americans to add a U and the Australians to drop it, and the French Canadians can keep doing whatever the hell they’re doing if their neat little accents.