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minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoIt’s an old abbreviation for feet. A double quote is also an old abbreviation for inches. It’s a shorthand I learned from my father who was an engineer back before my country converted to the metric system. There’s a reply below making fun of this as the apostrophe and quote are also abbreviations for minutes and seconds too.
It’s an old abbreviation for feet. A double quote is also an old abbreviation for inches.
It’s a shorthand I learned from my father who was an engineer back before my country converted to the metric system.
There’s a reply below making fun of this as the apostrophe and quote are also abbreviations for minutes and seconds too.