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I don't endorse inches as a measure, but they are pretty intuitive. Maybe it's because the swedish word for inch is "tum", which means "thumb". And it happens t

by lutorm 15y ago

I don't endorse inches as a measure, but they are pretty intuitive. Maybe it's because the swedish word for inch is "tum", which means "thumb". And it happens to be 1.25 inches from the top of my thumb to the first joint.

DasIch 15y ago
Metric units aren't any less intuitive when you are used to them.
Someone 15y ago
An inch is (supposedly) measured as the _width_ of the upper phalange of the thumb, not as its length. And 'thumb' is its name in Dutch and French, too.
- lutorm 15y ago
  I have small hands. ;-)