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In this context, "inch" is a verb, not a noun. It represents slow movement, not a precise measurement. There are many words like that in English. To answer you
by CodeMage 2y ago
In this context, "inch" is a verb, not a noun. It represents slow movement, not a precise measurement. There are many words like that in English.
To answer your question, "moving" would have been a perfectly acceptable substitute. You could also use "crawling", "creeping", "worming", or "wriggling".
- PopAlongKid 2y agoBut that doesn't answer my question, as it appears there is no metric equivalent. I'm just highlighting how ridiculous the GP comment is, to conclude that using an analogy of a horse and a 25-cent coin has anything to do with metric measurement.
- entropygiggles 2y agoClearly it would be "we kept 2.54-centimetering up".
- knodi123 2y ago> I'm just highlighting how ridiculous the GP comment is, The one that I specifically described as a meme comment? You're saying it's technically inaccurate? Thanks, criticism noted.
- CodeMage 2y agoIt does answer your question. You just don't like the answer, which is that there need not be a metric equivalent when the word does not represent a measurement. Here's another example: what's the metric equivalent of "footing" the bill? The verb "to foot", in this example, has the exact same etymology as the noun "foot", but it isn't used as a measurement. It's like asking what the imperial equivalent is for "the poem's meter". The question is nonsensical, unlike the comment you were replying to. Sure, the comment was whimsical and flippant, but it was based on a legitimate objection: why express the pressure in an incredibly obscure way? The objection has sense, and the joke is related to it. Your knee-jerk reaction to the joke, however, conflates disparate categories.