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minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI thought they used the metric system? Everything is so Americanized now they just refer to things in multiples of Manhattans?
minus-squareoptional@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoIn fact we use Saarland as the official measuring unit. One Saarland is ≈ 43 Manhattans. Or, to be more precise, one Manhattan is 23 Millisaarlands.
minus-squareDosDude@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days ago2.3 Centisaarlands for people in construction
minus-squareThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoFootball fields were the compromise
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoBut there too you have imperial football fields and metric ones, with an imperial one being 0,745 metric ones.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days ago“American Football” is such a mouthful.
I thought they used the metric system? Everything is so Americanized now they just refer to things in multiples of Manhattans?
In fact we use Saarland as the official measuring unit. One Saarland is ≈ 43 Manhattans. Or, to be more precise, one Manhattan is 23 Millisaarlands.
2.3 Centisaarlands for people in construction
Football fields were the compromise
But there too you have imperial football fields and metric ones, with an imperial one being 0,745 metric ones.
“American Football” is such a mouthful.