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submitted 4 days ago by mko@slrpnk.net to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

I hope it’s not against the rules here, just saw this woodworking related xkcd that I enjoyed and thought it might be appreciated here:)

https://xkcd.com/3138

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Or they'd pull a Worcestershire and pronounce "Inch and a half" as a "chunnauff." Gotta get that unnecessary U in there somewheure.

2 weeks is a fortnight, so is 2 feet a fortinch?

[-] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm informed the British do read the time 6:30 as "half six", a shortened form of "half past six". So "inch an a half" might become "incuax", pronounced as "in-cha" and containing the unnecessary U, and an X for that Norman/French faux lineage.

Naturally, Americans would instead pronounce it as "in-coh", which would destroy any understanding when also speaking about Incoterms.

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

In Kentucky it's a "tuba-fur"

In the Carolinas it's a tew-bah-fower. It's made of yella pahn, bout ate feet lawng, they got a whole mess of em down at the Lowe's, most of em are sigogglin these days.

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I'd say 14 inches is a fortinch duh

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