Comment on is it spelled "grey" or "gray"?

• squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Canada, which uses both

  græy /s

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That looks awesome though

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  • Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “Both” in Canada is Gray and Gris

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s what Seal’s rose was on.

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• Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Canadas english is weird

  Especially when it comes to measurements (weight, volume, mass, temperature)

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  • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What’s wrong with Canada’s weights and measures?

    Everything is in SI units.

    Unless you’re cooking, where heat is in Fahrenheit, solid measures are in cups teaspoons and tablespoons (but liquids are in litres and weights are in grams).

    Or in construction, where you work in feet and yards. Or measuring a person’s height.

    But while someone might be 6’ tall, their stride length will be in metres, as will their arm span.

    So yeah; simple. It’s not like Canada has tons of people weighing in tonnes.

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    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      A “Pint” of beer served commercially in Canada must be 20 imperial (UK) ounces (aka ~568 mL), with a 2.5% margin of error permitted within the law, unlike a US pint (16 US fl oz ~473mL).

      Just for fun, “Une pinte” of alcohol in French served commercially is “a quart” of alcohol in English which is double that value.

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    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Canada said fuck it we use what makes the most sense for the scope and scale at hand. And then cherry picked everything.

      Unironically if you get your head out of your fucking ass for two seconds and stop being a fan boy for measurement systems.

      Canada has arguably the best worst solution! Its fantastic! And awful! I love it.

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      • akwd169@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Whats the temp outside? -20C eh? Good thing its a nice comfy 80 F in here eh

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    • jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My in-laws in Quebec get weighed in pounds

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No need to downvote this comment

    Even canadians agree that we have a weird mix of different systems in play

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  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hey at least you’re not still measuring weight in stone. Nothing makes me roll my eyes quicker. Oh you’re ten stone? How neat im 2 boulder and 3 pebble.

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• Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Also depends if it’s someone’s last name… 😅

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  • adarza@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    henry gray, the author of the iconic medical text.

    albert grey, former governor general (ca). the grey cup (cfl championship game and trophy) takes its name from him.

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• fizzle@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Australia uses both, but grey is “correct”.

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• Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Canada, which uses both.

  Is it Caneda then, or Cenada?

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  • myster0n@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Image

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