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submitted 9 months ago by produnis@discuss.tchncs.de to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Rest of the world: meters, cm, mm

The US: gerbil teeth, lark tongues in aspic, toenail clippings on fire

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Metres*

Meter is a measuring device (like a rain meter)

Metre is a unit of measurement

[–] Bronco1676@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Meter is seemingly the american spelling, it's also spelled meter in many european countries e.g. germany, netherlands

[–] tslnox@reddthat.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Metr in Czech.

We just have to be special. :-D

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Nah, it's like that on most (all?) Slavic languages. It's метр in Russian for example which is exactly metr just in Cyrillic.