why is this not one way or the other?

addendum: wow, thanks everyone. I truly never knew it was a British vs. American spelling thing.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    28·
    1 day ago

    What’s wrong with Canada’s weights and measures?

    Everything is in SI units.

    Unless you’re cooking, where heat is in Fahrenheit, solid measures are in cups teaspoons and tablespoons (but liquids are in litres and weights are in grams).

    Or in construction, where you work in feet and yards. Or measuring a person’s height.

    But while someone might be 6’ tall, their stride length will be in metres, as will their arm span.

    So yeah; simple. It’s not like Canada has tons of people weighing in tonnes.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      11·
      1 day ago

      A “Pint” of beer served commercially in Canada must be 20 imperial (UK) ounces (aka ~568 mL), with a 2.5% margin of error permitted within the law, unlike a US pint (16 US fl oz ~473mL).

      Just for fun, “Une pinte” of alcohol in French served commercially is “a quart” of alcohol in English which is double that value.

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
      41·
      1 day ago

      Canada said fuck it we use what makes the most sense for the scope and scale at hand. And then cherry picked everything.

      Unironically if you get your head out of your fucking ass for two seconds and stop being a fan boy for measurement systems.

      Canada has arguably the best worst solution! Its fantastic! And awful! I love it.