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Yes, in the USA letter size is the standard. A3,4 don't exist. It isn't confusing because I would guess that more than half of all people in the USA don't even

Yes, in the USA letter size is the standard. A3,4 don't exist. It isn't confusing because I would guess that more than half of all people in the USA don't even know that letter size isn't the standard everywhere. I was probably in my late 20s before I found out that Europe doesn't use the same size paper as we in the USA do. I can remember exactly once that I encountered it in the wild (I was at a conference and someone from Europe had some handouts).

jillyboel 1y ago
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- School-Cotton 1y ago
  No, letter is used throughout North America and in parts of South America.
  - jillyboel 1y ago
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    - rafram 1y ago
      It really isn’t such a big deal. Switching to A4 would mean replacing every single binder, folio, cover, and clip in the country, and for what? A slightly taller sheet of paper? US printers can already print A4 if necessary without any issue.
      - pasc1878 1y ago
        I think the UK has done that - I have foolscap and letter folder from the 70s. And no we did not replace every binder, folio etc. We just bought new ones when needed.
      - jillyboel 1y ago
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        rafram 1y ago
        This is just obnoxious. If you really do live in a much, much better country, then why don’t you get offline and enjoy it instead of spending your time trying to convince Americans that theirs is so much worse?
        jillyboel 1y ago
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bombcar 1y ago
The European sizes exist in the USA if you want them, you just have to order them from a print shop or supplier. Or you can get whatever you want - I wanted B4 paper to print a booklet (or B3 maybe) and I just bought a ream that was larger and had a print shop slice it down to B4. My US laser printer was fine printing onto B4.