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What's even worse is that when they use SI units they don't even spell them right. They write meters whereas the rest of the world writes metres
Nah, in Dutch it's meter (plural: meters) too
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spelling is hard why make it harder by spelling it "metres"
They are one of the founding members of the Metre Convention
Well how would I know if they teach me it's meters and not metres, hmm?