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minus-squaremanucodelinkfedilink9•8 hours agoIn Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•23 minutes agoThat’s also quiet common, especially in engineering, which doesn’t use CM.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 hours agoThat makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 hours agoFeel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference: 1.58 meters 158 centimeters 1 meter 58 centimeters It’s all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•7 hours agoOnly in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.
In Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.
That’s also quiet common, especially in engineering, which doesn’t use CM.
Don’t you guys use decimeters?
Rarely
That makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.
Feel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference:
It’s all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.
Only in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.
True, I didn’t think about that.