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minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoFlammable & inflammable Biannual & semiannual Literally & literally
minus-squaremyotheraccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoI thought it’s gallonally in the US… what’s a liter?
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoA quart that travelled to Europe to ‘find itself’.
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoOh, that’s easy. A liter is what you buy bottled water by and you buy soda pop in 2 liter bottles. Wine and whisk(e)y is 750ml bottles. It’s also the displacement of your car’s engine. Though we use cc’s for chainsaws and motorcycles, weird I know. So Americans are well familiar with a liter.
Flammable & inflammable
Biannual & semiannual
Literally & literally
I thought it’s gallonally in the US… what’s a liter?
A quart that travelled to Europe to ‘find itself’.
Oh, that’s easy. A liter is what you buy bottled water by and you buy soda pop in 2 liter bottles. Wine and whisk(e)y is 750ml bottles. It’s also the displacement of your car’s engine. Though we use cc’s for chainsaws and motorcycles, weird I know.
So Americans are well familiar with a liter.