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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by floitsch on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:12AM (#38149275)
It's very annoying when reading books or watching movies in English.

"A 5-feet tall monster ...". As a reader I have no idea if that's big or small.

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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by Kaibeezy on Sunday November 05, 2023 @11:43AM (#38152756)
But… You kind of know basically how long an average literal foot is, right? Within an order of magnitude at least, and surely a lot more precisely and usefully than that. A 5-foot monster will be a few times bigger than a house cat, a few times smaller than a camel. Approximately.

How long is a literal meter? However long whoever says, by definition.

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