45 SQ FT/PI2 of wrapping paper???

Factual Questions
1

I bought Hallmark gift wrap, and the label on the roll says:

45 SQ FT/PI2
(2 1/2 FT/PI X 6 YD/VG)
4.18 m2
(76.2 cm X 5.48 m)

This is as nearly as I can reproduce what it says, however their “2” after the “PI” is a superscript and their two and a half is a numeral two followed by a one-half symbol (superscript one and subscript two with a slash between, no space preceeding it).

What in the world do they mean with the Pi squared???

Their dimensions otherwise indicate the package contains 45 square feet, so the “/PI2” seems not to belong there.

Is perhaps “PI” not 3.1416 but, instead, the abbreviation for “feet” in some other language? Seems odd they’d use “SQ _” to denote squared in one spot and “_2” in another. However, the use of “/VG” does look like an alternative abbreviation for yard in some other language.

2

Pies is feet in Spanish.

3

French! “PI” is pied or plural pieds. I don’t remember enough to guess at what “VG” abbreviates, but it’s certainly “yards”.

They’re selling into Canada, I suspect, which requires bilingual labels.

4

“Verge” is the French for the measurement unit Yard.