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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•1 year agoMetres* Meter is a measuring device (like a rain meter) Metre is a unit of measurement
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•edit-21 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre Meter is seemingly the american spelling, it’s also spelled meter in many european countries e.g. germany, netherlands
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoNah, it’s like that on most (all?) Slavic languages. It’s метр in Russian for example which is exactly metr just in Cyrillic.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoBut well he translated the rest of his post into English Why would we use the American spelling if they don’t like the unit
Metres*
Meter is a measuring device (like a rain meter)
Metre is a unit of measurement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre
Meter is seemingly the american spelling, it’s also spelled meter in many european countries e.g. germany, netherlands
Metr in Czech.
We just have to be special. :-D
Nah, it’s like that on most (all?) Slavic languages. It’s метр in Russian for example which is exactly metr just in Cyrillic.
But well he translated the rest of his post into English
Why would we use the American spelling if they don’t like the unit