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.

Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 150d (1 reply)

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

Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d

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

TwilightKiddy@programming.dev · 4 pts · 150d

Hey-hey, don't bring "dozen" into this filthy discussion, it did nothing wrong!

Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 150d

I'm going to resist the urge to test that. Wait, if you mean American football, I can't anyway.

sj_zero@social.fbxl.net · 1 pts · 61d

There's only a tiny fraction of a stone in here, but it can be used to draw for dozens of li