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but why? you’ll still measure things in football fields, elephants or “large boulders” so it won’t affect you much

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Rest of the world: meters, cm, mm

The US: gerbil teeth, lark tongues in aspic, toenail clippings on fire

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Metres*

Meter is a measuring device (like a rain meter)

Metre is a unit of measurement

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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

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