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> In 'most of the world', especially the English-speaking / metric-using parts Most of the world is not speaking English (but it is using the metric system).
by jhgb 6y ago
> In 'most of the world', especially the English-speaking / metric-using parts
Most of the world is not speaking English (but it is using the metric system).
> clearly and immediately
Is it because they so obviously stole the word from the French?
- Jedd 6y ago> Most of the world is not speaking English (but it is using the metric system). Okay then. In most of the English-speaking world, and all of the English-speaking metric world, we use the word tonne. > Is it because they so obviously stole the word from the French? Perhaps the North Americans could start calling them Freedom Tonnes?