minus-squaremanucodelinkfedilink11•3 months agoIn Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•3 months agoOnly in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.
minus-square@nl4reallink2•3 months agoThat makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•3 months agoFeel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference: 1.58 meters 158 centimeters 1 meter 58 centimeters It’s all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoThat’s also quiet common, especially in engineering, which doesn’t use CM.
In Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.
Only in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.
True, I didn’t think about that.
Don’t you guys use decimeters?
Rarely
That makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.
Feel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference:
It’s all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.
except it would be 1,58 meters
That’s also quiet common, especially in engineering, which doesn’t use CM.