I’ve realized that the display size, in inches, is sometimes in the name or model number of electronics that are sold not just in the US. Do people outside the US also talk about buying 55-inch TVs, 14-inch laptops, and 27-inch monitors? Does it naturally roll off the tongue or does it seem strange to anyone?

If it’s all inches, why didn’t measuring screens in centimeters take off?

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    2 days ago

    meters for horizontal distances, such as

    not really. distance is measured in (nautical) miles, speed in knots (1 knot is 1 nautical mile per hour)