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minus-squareBronco1676@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-211 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre Meter is seemingly the american spelling, it’s also spelled meter in many european countries e.g. germany, netherlands
minus-squaretslnox@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoMetr in Czech. We just have to be special. :-D
minus-squarecrispy_kilt@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoNah, it’s like that on most (all?) Slavic languages. It’s метр in Russian for example which is exactly metr just in Cyrillic.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoBut well he translated the rest of his post into English Why would we use the American spelling if they don’t like the unit
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
Metr in Czech.
We just have to be special. :-D
Nah, it’s like that on most (all?) Slavic languages. It’s метр in Russian for example which is exactly metr just in Cyrillic.
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