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Why no Farad or Henry meter?

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PlainName:

--- Quote from: soldar on November 27, 2023, 03:57:01 pm ---How about a "meter meter" to measure meters?

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Nice (but shouldn't it be metre meter?).

Or a litre meter.

mawyatt:

--- Quote from: PlainName on November 27, 2023, 04:16:00 pm ---Gosh, amazing how many people miss completely the thrust of the first post, despite it being restated several times. But, sadly, that's what one expects nowadays - the viewer sees the words as they go past but doesn't really understand them  :(

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Thank goodness someone got the gist of this :-+

Best,

TimFox:
In France, it is pronounced (roughly) "me tre", hence the spelling.
In America, it is pronounced "meet er", hence the spelling.

mawyatt:

--- Quote from: PlainName on November 27, 2023, 04:17:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: soldar on November 27, 2023, 03:57:01 pm ---How about a "meter meter" to measure meters?

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Nice (but shouldn't it be metre meter?).

Or a litre meter.

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Depends on which side of the big pond, meter or metre and liter or litre!!

Best,

PlainName:
Here in GB it's hard to know which side of the pond one should stand on nowadays.

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