Do the brits wanna talk about how they came up with a “yard” as a measurement?
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Like putting lipstick on a pigskin field
Hah! Just as I suspected, you all only call your sport (also played on a field) “football” when Americans are listening in order to mess with us.
(/j, of course)
Er… Non-US countries also use “dozen” and have football fields. The only thing here that’s an american measurement is “inches”, and she shouldn’t have much a problem understanding that since the thing being measured is right in front of her.
This one is reaching.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never seen someone measure things in football fields except in the US
Also, football field != (American) football field
A football field/pitch is an internationally relatable reference point - it’s used all the time to give a sense of scale.
ex:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48827490
https://www.sciencefocus.com/tags/international-space-station
Hey-hey, don’t bring “dozen” into this filthy discussion, it did nothing wrong!
I’m going to resist the urge to test that. Wait, if you mean American football, I can’t anyway.
There’s only a tiny fraction of a stone in here, but it can be used to draw for dozens of li
