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minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 day ago9 inches and 5 feet? Feet use ’ Inches use "
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 hours agoYou’re reading it the wrong direction.
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoI think you’ve misunderstood, usually you’re not meant to explain jokes but I’ll act in good faith and do it anyway. The comic uses 9"5’ which is obviously meant to mean 9 feet and 5 inches. But in actual notation ’ is for feet with " for inches. Meaning that what is in the comic actually reads as 9 inches and 5 feet if taken literally. So the way it should’ve been written for it to mean what it was meant to is 9’5".
9 inches and 5 feet?
Feet use ’
Inches use "
Pssh, I’m 10”5’
1"6’ here. I be smol now.
You’re reading it the wrong direction.
I think you’ve misunderstood, usually you’re not meant to explain jokes but I’ll act in good faith and do it anyway.
The comic uses 9"5’ which is obviously meant to mean 9 feet and 5 inches.
But in actual notation ’ is for feet with " for inches. Meaning that what is in the comic actually reads as 9 inches and 5 feet if taken literally.
So the way it should’ve been written for it to mean what it was meant to is 9’5".