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If I were to write a programme where it would be typical to choose between units of measurement, which I’m not, the drop down menu would have a choice of “SI units” and “fuck no, you don’t get to choose!”

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Programme?

Edit: I looked it up, it’s a British thing. I’m not a native speaker, I’ve never seen it written like that. It looks French, I thought you guys hated the French.

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We actually use program for computer programs, but programme for a programe of events. We like to be irregular.

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Sounds like the US got this one right when we dumped the latter.

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Almost half of all English words are borrowed from French, dating from when England was colonized and culturally subjugated by the Norman French starting in 1066.

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I’m aware. I just find it funny that some British words like “centre” and “colour” look more French than the US counterpart

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For me as a non native it is computer program, put a tv programme

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Fun fact: J’aime la France, but I’m neither French, nor British. I just try to emulate my spoken pronunciation in my writing.

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British too like to give things a swing.

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SI or die, that’s what I always say. (Not actually, but it rhymed, and I prefer SI)

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For most people the imperial system is better. Fahrenheit puts 0-100 in relation to how humans feel heat, 0 is very cold, 100 is very hot, neither will kill you if you take minor precautions. Feet are the same, most everyday objects are spread across 0-10 feet long/tall. Using celsius and meters requires using a scale between -18 and 38, and a scale between 0 and 3.3. Both are clearly inferior number ranges to use when we arent required to.

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