Comments on: Putting a hammock to good use http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/502 Crunky! This is a blog about an English teacher living in South Korea. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:24:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: torgodevil http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/502/comment-page-1#comment-2700 torgodevil Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:23:16 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/archives/502#comment-2700 <p>What? Will the butcher refuse to acknowledge the word and scold me? The DAY Korean kids start trying to brag about their apartments in "square meters" instead of pyeong is the DAY I believe this will come into common speech. As bad as Korea is with its esoteric units of measure, the United States is still worse.</p> <p>You are telling me the IMPERIAL system Americans use isn't even USED in the Empire that invented it anymore? Why the HELL does America still use Miles and pounds? Going back and using non-metric measurements is such a pain in the ass.</p> What? Will the butcher refuse to acknowledge the word and scold me? The DAY Korean kids start trying to brag about their apartments in “square meters” instead of pyeong is the DAY I believe this will come into common speech. As bad as Korea is with its esoteric units of measure, the United States is still worse.

You are telling me the IMPERIAL system Americans use isn’t even USED in the Empire that invented it anymore? Why the HELL does America still use Miles and pounds? Going back and using non-metric measurements is such a pain in the ass.

]]> By: daeguowl http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/502/comment-page-1#comment-2699 daeguowl Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:02:14 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/archives/502#comment-2699 You've learnt a new word but it is soon going to be obsolete. They were saying on the news last night that Korea is going metric so out with pyong, kan etc. and in with Sq metres, grams etc. as the only permissable measurement. We had this in the UK a few years ago when the EU banned the use of pounds and ounces. You’ve learnt a new word but it is soon going to be obsolete. They were saying on the news last night that Korea is going metric so out with pyong, kan etc. and in with Sq metres, grams etc. as the only permissable measurement. We had this in the UK a few years ago when the EU banned the use of pounds and ounces.

]]> By: gobfrey http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/502/comment-page-1#comment-2698 gobfrey Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:38:04 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/archives/502#comment-2698 Hammocks Rock! Hammocks Rock!

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