LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months agoClimber survives 1,500ft fall before running four miles to get helpwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkClimber survives 1,500ft fall before running four miles to get helpwww.bbc.co.ukLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoEither 450 or 500. Don’t add significant digits.
minus-squaretomatolung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI thought it was only the US that did anything but meters.
minus-squareGandalf the Gorsed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoThe BBC sometimes uses imperial to make numbers seem bigger (to grab people’s attention I guess), especially when it comes to exaggerating the temperatures in the summer.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWatch British Telly - it’s all over the place
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoUK uses miles on their road signs.
1,500 Feet = 457.2 Meters
Or 22.7 chains.
Or 75 Ford F150s
Either 450 or 500. Don’t add significant digits.
I thought it was only the US that did anything but meters.
The BBC sometimes uses imperial to make numbers seem bigger (to grab people’s attention I guess), especially when it comes to exaggerating the temperatures in the summer.
Watch British Telly - it’s all over the place
UK uses miles on their road signs.