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Seeing as the UK went Decimal back in 1970-umpty it's about the actual language caught up a bit. For example (clears throat)
"So, after doing a little tidying up in the back 91.44 cm, I watched that animated film about the dancing penguin, you know the one, "Happy 60.96cm", after that I was trying
to do the upgrades on my OS, but the progress bar was just 2.54cm-ing along, so I decided to do it later".
That kind of thing.
Inflationary Language
http://www.youtube....watch?v=YY6kElOYcd8
If you haven't heard it befive it is just three funny! [Canuck, Jun 15 2013]
River Chorna
http://commons.wiki...:River_Chorna_1.JPG
[not_morrison_rm, Jun 15 2013]
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Thanks a tonne for an idea that is overdue. I doubt folks will go the whole nine metres with it, though. |
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Kind of reminds me of Victor Borge's "Inflationary Language". That was two of the best comedy routines ever - two-derfully funny! A cubic metre of laughs! |
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I'm not sure that decimalization of language is
something I'd want to comtemplten. |
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[marked-for-deletion] WKTE: a standard rant/comedy routine since the '70s. |
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What can I do but post the Chorna river details linky. |
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