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submitted 4 months ago by Godric@lemmy.world to c/memes@midwest.social

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[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

That's kilometre.

Ironivally, the only country that officially uses kilometer is...the US.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 months ago

Here in Germany, it's also called "kilometer", albeit in our German bastardization of Ancient Greek.

[–] geissi@feddit.de 7 points 4 months ago

only country that officially uses kilometer is…the US

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden all use Meter

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Try kilometr in polish. What, don't like consonants so close together?

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Strč prst skrz krk.

One of my life's greatest achievements was convincing a guy from Brazil that the sentence above is not ridiculously stupid.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

nah a lot of people around the world use US spelling because it is more accessible and generally makes more sense than french