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• Deme@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Bear in mind that there are multiple countries where English is the largest language and metric is used, and that English is the modern lingua franca. It just so happens that the largest english speaking country has some weird ways to measure things. As such those weird conventions are often forced on anyone who wants to look for a recipe in English, be that their native language or not.

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Ok that’s a bit shaky but by the same token sometimes when I look up recipes there’s metric measurements. It takes like 30 seconds to look up a site that does conversions.

    Despite the stereotype by Europeans, Americans don’t get all butthurt when we see metric. That’s pure projection on the part of Europeans. We just take 30 seconds to look up a conversion and then get the fuck on with our lives.

    Europeans flying into an incoherent rage when they see imperial units is just pathetic and childish.

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  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    the largest english speaking country

    India?

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