Halie
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Post by Halie on Aug 11, 2009 14:51:28 GMT -5
I bought a kitchen scale so I can use recipes from all over. I like it for baking, it's much more precise.
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Aug 11, 2009 16:11:55 GMT -5
In Canada we often measure things in milliliters: a teaspoon is about 5 ml and a tablespoon is about 15 ml, one cup is 250 ml...
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Aug 11, 2009 19:50:54 GMT -5
I have a measuring chart magnet on my fridge (in the shape of a measuring cup) and I love it. I'm hopeless at remembering how many of something goes into something. Doesn't matter if it's metric, US (is that what we call our system), or any other kind of measurement - I'm bad at it.
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Post by Carma on Aug 12, 2009 9:07:27 GMT -5
Tablespoons and teaspoons are used here in Holland. For the bigger thing they go in grams, I think...
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Aug 13, 2009 8:58:06 GMT -5
We usually use the metric units and their subdivisions: centilitres and millilitres, grams and hectograms. I found a few older recipe (I think they were my great-aunt's) using different units, but I don't remember them.
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Post by Lu on Aug 24, 2009 15:21:35 GMT -5
Speaking of different measures, there's digital thermometers where I work (I think I mentioned my usual summer job before) and I switched it to the Fahrenheit scale twice, just to see if someone was surprised by the 77 degrees, but apparently nobody noticed
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Post by Isa on Aug 25, 2009 7:43:33 GMT -5
Speaking of different measures, there's digital thermometers where I work (I think I mentioned my usual summer job before) and I switched it to the Fahrenheit scale twice, just to see if someone was surprised by the 77 degrees, but apparently nobody noticed lol, it would have been funny if someone had noticed ;D The weird thing in Canada is that we usually use the Celcius scale to talk about temperature, but when it comes to water (like how hot is the pool today), we still use Fahrenheit...
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Halie
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Post by Halie on Aug 25, 2009 20:40:26 GMT -5
^That could get confusing.
I was thinking today, in all the school science classes I've ever taken, you must use the metric system, even though we "officially" have our own dumb system of measurements. I think it would be very easy to get around in the US if you only knew metrics. For example, if you buy something at the store, everything is labeled in both grams and ounces. I don't understand all this.
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Aug 27, 2009 15:46:47 GMT -5
It would be so easy for the US to switch to metric. It would take some getting used to, but whenever they change there will be older people who are not used to the new system. I'm tempted to teach my future kids metric more than US--but obviously both. I hope we change it some day.
When it comes to temperature, C and F both seem fine to me. But I admit C makes more sense because 0 is freezing, whereas 32 is freezing in F.
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Halie
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Post by Halie on Aug 27, 2009 19:48:19 GMT -5
I don't think it would be hard to switch to metrics, but it'd cost a heck of a lot of money, and I don't see us having that now or anywhere in the near future. Think of all the road signs that say "Main St. -- 1 mi ahead." We'd have to change everything.
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Aug 28, 2009 7:17:22 GMT -5
Speaking of different measures, there's digital thermometers where I work (I think I mentioned my usual summer job before) and I switched it to the Fahrenheit scale twice, just to see if someone was surprised by the 77 degrees, but apparently nobody noticed lol, it would have been funny if someone had noticed ;D ;D At last someone did notice and he thought it was funny!
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Post by ace on Oct 27, 2012 14:40:30 GMT -5
We have metric system here too Something i think people dont always know is the school system is different in parts of the uk, we have different exams to england and start high school at different ages. Here in scotland we have primary school- some people start as early as age 4 it depends on your birthday for most it is 5. You are there for seven years. each year is primary something ie- primary one, usually abreviated to P1. secondary school is for six years but the last two years are optional, generally you start at 12. you can leave at 15/16 after the 4th year. it is called, secondary, whatever usually shortened to s1. I left school after s5, aged 17 and chose to do my sixth year at college instead. also you get no diploma and there is no graduation ceremony. there is no standardised thing, everyone gets different qualifications another thing what we call college is generally what americans call community college. what they call college we always call university. also in scotland, we have a lot of our own words/expressions. I dont generally use them online. but we say 'dinnae ken' for don't know and if something is 'shan' it means it's a shame, we say 'bern' for baby etc
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Aug 19, 2013 7:11:11 GMT -5
I've read "dinnae ken" for don't know and "bern" for baby in a book quintet I read over the past few years. The one character was very Scottish, so I actually knew what those phrases meant already Books can teach you something, I guess!
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Post by lostinwonders on Aug 21, 2013 1:02:45 GMT -5
Haha, I watched a movie recently, California Solo, with Robert Carlyle (Rumpelstinskin in Once Upon a Time) playing a ex-rock star who is a Scottish immigrant in the U.S. and who have a problem with alcohol and is then forced to leave the U.S. And it was really hard understanding all he said because of the accent really I have no problems with British or American accent and I think I understand the Australian one (but I am not sure). I guess I need training with the Scottish one
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