#when installing art basically everyone uses both inches and cms depending on which ones more convenient on the ruler LOL | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

bmpmp3 · 4 months ago

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i was watching a music video for a japanese song and it had built in youtube english captions so i went to turn those on but then i saw that there was like an option for "English" and then a second option for "English (Canada)" and i realized in a few seconds it was just a workaround to having two sets of english captions, one with colour changes in the lettering and one without for accessibility (the canada one was the non-fancy lettering) but for a moment i was living in a world where they were making dedicated canadian english translations for things..... measuring temperature in celsius and height in feet...... paying with loonies and toonies... going to the WASHROOM

#pencil crayons for colored pencils is a favourite but its mostly just an ontario thing tho from what ive heard LOL #calling electricity hydro is another good one. although that also depends on province <3 ontario and i think BC? and maybe more #sorry im ontarian. you can make fun of me for it its okay.#you know sometimes i think about attempts at 'canada english' settings in word processors and stuff #they always suck ass. because every person in this god damn country uses whatever word and spelling they want LOL #like theres some general likelihoods like colour and favourite are common. but centre or center? its like 50-50 #i personally use both. depending on i dont know. context? the phase of the moon and stars?#theatre and theatre i see both as well and also personally use both but i have like specific rules for myself for some reason #i use theatre for playhouses and theater for movie theaters. i dont know why #and dont get me started on measurements. thats another combo of context and personal preference #people who work more in like trades switch a lot because of product labels but tend to lean more imperial #people who work in like i dunno. chemistry or something probably use a lot of metric #the average person working in neither? honestly they'll probably say both in the same sentence at least where i live #when installing art basically everyone uses both inches and cms depending on which ones more convenient on the ruler LOL #our drivers licenses in ontario say our heights in cm but literally no one can picture it with the cm measurement because #colloquially everyone says heights in feet and inches. its fine. its fine #edit: WAIT i got so distracted by measurement bullshit i forgot to mention the song. it was insomnia by eve #good tune as usual of eve and also a really beautifully animated and emotionally intense music video

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