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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Metres* Meter is a measuring device (like a rain meter) Metre is a unit of measurement permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bronco1676@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago* (2 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre Meter is seemingly the american spelling, it's also spelled meter in many european countries e.g. germany, netherlands permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tslnox@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Metr in Czech. We just have to be special. :-D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Nah, it's like that on most (all?) Slavic languages. It's метр in Russian for example which is exactly metr just in Cyrillic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago But well he translated the rest of his post into English Why would we use the American spelling if they don’t like the unit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bronco1676@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago* (2 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre Meter is seemingly the american spelling, it's also spelled meter in many european countries e.g. germany, netherlands permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tslnox@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Metr in Czech. We just have to be special. :-D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Nah, it's like that on most (all?) Slavic languages. It's метр in Russian for example which is exactly metr just in Cyrillic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago But well he translated the rest of his post into English Why would we use the American spelling if they don’t like the unit permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tslnox@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Metr in Czech. We just have to be special. :-D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Nah, it's like that on most (all?) Slavic languages. It's метр in Russian for example which is exactly metr just in Cyrillic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Nah, it's like that on most (all?) Slavic languages. It's метр in Russian for example which is exactly metr just in Cyrillic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago But well he translated the rest of his post into English Why would we use the American spelling if they don’t like the unit permalink fedilink source parent