I'm just curious what you fine men and women call the Imperial measurement system. Sometimes in the US we call the the Standard measurement system but that is obviously a misnomer.
Do you just refer to it as Imperial or do you have a german word to refer to the system of measurement?
Posted Nov 30, 2015, 5:31 AM UTC
Ridiculous.
I honestly didn't know how it is called in Germany since we never think about this millage-system. Therefor I looked how wikipedia calls it and it is called "Angloamerikanische Maßsystem" (the angloamerican Measurment System).
Cheers! Thanks!
A joke.
Maßsystem der Vergangenheit.
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I know it as "zöllig" ("inchy"), but that mainly pertains to measurements of distance. It've also heard it to be jokingly referred to as "Cowboy-und-Indianer-Einheiten" ("Cowboy-and-indian-units").
Haha I really like this one.
It's "English". I think I never made contact with it other than inches ("zoll") used for screen width.
"Zoll" are being used for car rim/tire size and certain mechanical tools as well. Plus, I think in plumbing the diameter of pipes are measured in inches, too, aren't they?
Plus, I think in plumbing the diameter of pipes are measured in inches, too, aren't they?
They are but imperial-measured pipes ("zöllige") typically have an equivalent in metric.
The information on car tyres are an unholy combination of inches (rim diameter), metric (tyre width), percentages (ratio of trye width to side wall height) and arbitrary numbers and letters (allowed tyre load, maximum allowed speed). In short: it's a huge mess.
Or clothing (Jeans sizing is inches aswell)
Huh, that's zoll? Always thought that's just another one of those imaginary clothing units
32/34 as example would mean the "Bundumfang" is 32 inches and the length is 34 inches. With normal pants cm measurements are more common and suits basicially only use those.
My suit says "54". What measurement is that supposed to be?
C&A has jeans with german sizes.
Thanks!
idiotic?
mech. Eng. here.
Zollsystem is the most common word, some would call it Imperialsystem
Had to deal a lot with it when I designed equipment for wastewater treatment facilities for US customers. When geodetic heights play a role you want to take it behind the barn and shoot it like a rabid dog.
I've never hear anyone call it either of the two suggestions. When we talk about it, we just call it "imperial" (but with German pronunciation). Games that use a unit of measurement for gameplay purposes, like racing games, usually have a checkbox to set your favorite system. In the German translation this option also reads "Imperial" and "Metrisch".
"dieses komische System aus Amerika"
Inch = Zoll
The "wait a minute, they're still doing that?"
What i call it, is not nice.... I have some Caterpillars, and some old US-Cars.. Sorry, I´ll hate that retarded Imperial System....
When working on the Cars/Caterpillars the first 2 hours I´ll grab the wrong sockets or wrenches.... I have a n ruler in Imperial, and a digital sliding gauge that works 3 ways, Metric, Imperial and imperial Fractures, makes it a bit easier.
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Guys, calm down. No reason to get so passive aggressive over a measurement system.
The wrong one?