US-defaultism on Lemmy. It’s gotten so bad, many users absolutely don’t seem to realise that they’re writing to an international audience.

I was not talking about the yard at all. I was talking about 440. Which is a number not wholly divisible by 12.

Be true. It isn’t a duodecimal system. Sometimes it needs 12 to get to the next highest unit, sometimes 3 or 8 or 16 or 14 or 5280.

Being entirely duodecimal would be kinda cool in fact. But it’s not applicable and shouldn’t be used as an argument pro US customary system.

What’s a sixth of an ounce? A sixth of a pint? Of a gallon? Of a pound per square inch? Of an inch?

Ok, and what’s the significance of 440?
440 ÷ 12 = 110 ÷ 3 = 36⅔

Is that really a dozenal (sic. duodecimal) system? Or more like a copecimal system?

That would still be a decimal system just written in a hexadecimal way.

It’s just polite to not do it when you’re out in society