LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days agoClimber survives 1,500ft fall before running four miles to get helpwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up160file-text
arrow-up160external-linkClimber survives 1,500ft fall before running four miles to get helpwww.bbc.co.ukLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoEither 450 or 500. Don’t add significant digits.
minus-squaretomatolung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoI thought it was only the US that did anything but meters.
minus-squareGandalftheBlack@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoThe BBC sometimes uses imperial to make numbers seem bigger (to grab people’s attention I guess), especially when it comes to exaggerating the temperatures in the summer.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoWatch British Telly - it’s all over the place
1,500 Feet = 457.2 Meters
Or 22.7 chains.
Or 75 Ford F150s
Either 450 or 500. Don’t add significant digits.
I thought it was only the US that did anything but meters.
The BBC sometimes uses imperial to make numbers seem bigger (to grab people’s attention I guess), especially when it comes to exaggerating the temperatures in the summer.
Watch British Telly - it’s all over the place
UK uses miles on their road signs.