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minus-squaremanucode@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoIn Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.
minus-squared_k_bo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoOnly in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.
minus-squarenl4real@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.
minus-squarePersi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 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-squareMeThisGuy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoexcept it would be 1,58 meters
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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.