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Grammar and Linguistics > How to read your height in American English...
How to read your height in American English...
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Baadache
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How to read your height in American English...
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Hi,
How to teach reading your height: eg, I am 1.70 tall. Is it: 1. I am one metre seventy tall 2. I am one point seven metres tall 3. I am a hundred and seventy centimetres tall. OR: 4. using the two words "feet" and "inches" ...eg: I am 5 feet ...
Thank you in advance. |
11 Sep 2011
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libertybelle
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In the US -
I say: I �m 5 - 6 or 5 feet 6 - which everyone over there would understand.
In Europe
I say: I �m 170 which everyone would also probably understand.
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11 Sep 2011
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edrodmedina
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Very few Americans would use the metric system to tell you their height or weight. Most would say "I �m 5-6", well not most, but those who are 5 feet 6 inches tall I �m pretty sure most Americans aren � t 5 feet 6 inches tall (especially the Texans) and even they might fib and say "I �m 5-8". Then there are those who would say "I �m 5 foot 6." |
11 Sep 2011
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edrodmedina
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@Sainte-Marie...Not on those damn heels she �s not. LOL Ed |
11 Sep 2011
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Sainte-Marie
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Ed, the last time I remember her disquised as a man... |
11 Sep 2011
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almaz
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Feet, inches etc (imperial units) are still commonly used in the UK.
By the way, there is such an animal as plural �foot�, especially when it�s used between a number and a noun: "I wouldn�t touch that with a twelve-foot bargepole" (you just wouldn�t say twelve-feet bargepole).
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11 Sep 2011
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douglas
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foot is used if you are using it as an adjective:
It �s a ten-foot pool.
The pole is ten feet long.
My key-phrase: "The five-foot man is five feet tall."
cheers,
Douglas
EDIT: Oh yeah, I say I am "five- ten", five-foot ten", or "five feet, ten inches tall" |
12 Sep 2011
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