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

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