"Except in the United States".
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This has happened in all four of my classes this semester.

Maths- "Everyone uses the metric system, except in the US".
Economics- "Everyone does it by this calculation, except the US".
Accounting- "These standards are generally accepted everywhere, except the US does their own thing".
Commercial Law- "You'll find this is pretty standard in most of the world, except the US".

Honestly, do you guys endeavour to be pains in the asses?
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Color
Colour.

WHY!?
Awkward Americans.
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#3
It was something like our Founding Fathers didn't want to do anything that the British did during the Revolutionary War.
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Corn Wrote:It was something like our Founding Fathers didn't want to do anything that the British did during the Revolutionary War.
Breathing.
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Rick Wrote:Honestly, do you guys endeavour to be pains in the asses?

We don't like it, either. Rolleyes Just like y'all have to learn our way, we have to learn y'all's way. (Assuming you all learn how we do things.)
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Razmos Wrote:Color
Colour.

WHY!?
Awkward Americans.

It takes ~0.25 seconds to add in a u. We're saving time by not adding that u.
/dealwithit
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Rick Wrote:Honestly, do you guys endeavour to be pains in the asses?


You left out Fahrenheit vs Celsius too.
If it's any consolation a good number of people in the US wonder why we stick with such absurdities too instead of standardizing.
The downside is most of those expect the rest of the world to change to match us. Rolleyes
It's not having what you want - It's wanting what you've got.
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Eosian Wrote:You left out Fahrenheit vs Celsius too.

GOD DAMN YOU ALL!
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America invented freedom and democracy. They should be allowed to do whatever the pineapple they want. Haters.
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#10
In England Ladybugs are called LadyBIRDS.

DUMB.
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Corn Wrote:It was something like our Founding Fathers didn't want to do anything that the British did during the Revolutionary War.

But the Imperial system was created by Britain.
I would say the americans are more stubborn than anything so they tend to not change even if by not changing their having problems, IE: Guns sold in regular stores due to being one of the ten amendments.
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Rick Wrote:GOD DAMN YOU ALL!

Oh, and driving on the opposite side of the road.
It's not having what you want - It's wanting what you've got.
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Rick Wrote:Maths- "Everyone uses the metric system, except in the US".

Everyone in the science field is required to use the metric system. Our screw sizes are pretty much the only measurement we use the old English system for. It's the fault of all those engineering weirdos.
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Eosian Wrote:Oh, and driving on the opposite side of the road.

Automatically thought of Bones when they were in England.

Good times.
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Razmos Wrote:Color
Colour.

WHY!?
Awkward Americans.

Neighbor
Neighbour

Color looks okay, but Neighbor looks incomplete.

Fahrenheit & Celsius is annoying.
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#16
Oh look at me. I like to measure my plaintain in metric because it makes it sound longer.
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JoeTang Wrote:America invented freedom and democracy. They should be allowed to do whatever the pineapple they want. Haters.

We should, and are able to. We just do it in a Pineappled-up way. The metric system is WAY better. Seriously, were the people who designed our system retarded? Systems of tens, and to go from one section (say, milli) to another (centi), just multiply by ten to go to the next largest section, or divide by ten to go down a section, vs. screwed up sections, completely un-specified number of measurements in a section (12 inches in a foot, then three feet in a yard, whatever number of yards in a mile). Metric is way better. (And this is just the length measurements.)

PS: By section, I mean, like, grouping of measurements. say inches, millimeter, feet, meters, ect.
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#18
it's fries, not chips
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2147483647 Wrote:Oh look at me. I like to measure my plaintain in metric because it makes it sound longer.

Don't we all?
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Secun Wrote:Don't we all?

Harry's just mad cause "2.5cm" doesn't sound any better than 1'.
It's not having what you want - It's wanting what you've got.
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