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[–] Fuzzy_Dunlop@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Gallons? Shouldn't it be liters?

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Shamelessly stolen from I can't remember.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only issue I have with this is there's a British gallon (that is DIFFERENT from the American gallon) that is used to measure milk. :D. That was the only place I saw gallon being used.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no, so we have metric, imperial units, and now colonial units?!

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Still british units :D. In 1826 Britain decided to redefine gallon to mean "10 pounds of water". The earlier standard was 231 cublic inches (potentially meant to be 8 pounds of water). The US never adopted the new gallon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_gallon

[–] SummerIsTooWarm@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Brits use tons and tonnes as separate units? Not confusing at all

[–] gtaman@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 1 year ago

I mean there is have metric ton, british ton and american ton. Or tonne. Idk, its all the same in our language.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago

When I think tonne, I think 1000kg. When I think ton, I just think of the vernacular "tons of stuff" type expression.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago

Actually, as much as I dislike imperial units, when it comes to body temperature I do think in Fahrenheit. Mostly because that's how my mum would tell if we were too sick to go to school. 99 - just a little ill, but you can have the day off. 100 - pretty ill, probably at least 3 days off. 101+ - super mega ill, off all week.

[–] Steve 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe England, GB maybe, is very much a mixed bag when it comes to measurement standards.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

It's Bri'ish, innit

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

It's not a modern idea either

[–] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Reminds me article name from USSR newspaper about plane crash: "Gallons let down"/"Подвели галлоны".

[–] addie@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

It would be nowadays, but this is an old old advert.