The Metric system is the tool of the devil!

Fox also consistently mispronounces names of people. For example, Chavez gets changed to Shavez, and Beto is said Bayto. They have to be doing it on purpose.

I am not in the US and don’t see Fox News, so I have only seen those names in print. How are they supposed to be pronounced?

My thoughts too.

“Chavez” is supposed to be with a “ch” instead of a “sh” sound, but it’s not unusual to hear it (mis)pronounced with a “ch” as if it were a French word.

“Beto” as “Bayto” should be more like “Betto,” but English pronunciations of Spanish words often change the “e” sound to an “ay” sound (see: Jose, for example, which isn’t really hoe-ZAY, but also not quite hoe-ZEH. Many Spanish speakers would say the latter is closer, but English speakers have a tendency to hear that vowel as an “ay,” even though it’s not a diphthong. If you say “ay” without the “y” ending, you’ve pretty much got the vowel.)

To me, it’s a bit of nitpicking, but some people are particularly about it.

ETA: At any rate, he himself does say it as “Betto”, as it really doesn’t matter how they say it in the language it’s taken from.

He is right. Pints are the standard measure for draft beer and cider in the UK. They’re also permitted for milk bottles.

{Nitpick warning}

Well, the quote in question was

So we have no way of knowing that for sure. If anything my original thought (“probably right”) is overstating it. He could possibly be right. :wink:

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The street numbering convention where I live is that 667 would be “Lives Over The Road from The Beast”, with the Neighbours being 664 and 668…

Pippin: What’s that?
Merry: This, my friend, is a pint.
Pippin: It comes in pints?
Merry: [face buried in a mug] Mmmhmm.
Pippin: I’m getting one.

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Russia and China don’t use the metric system?

You can always reply with:

Those that use the metric systems.

Those that couldn’t get their units straight and crashed a mars landing.

Don’t forget Israel. It’s just that theirs landed a bit harder than anticipated.

If we’re counting crash landings, we can add Japan and India.

Sometimes you just gotta engage the backup lithobraking system.

Yes. ‘several’ only implies ‘more than two but not many’. If you think that France had ‘several’ livres, you misunderstand the scale of the problem.

Now I know what people who can’t count to ten watch.

About yea. It’s visual. Not all language is verbal.

All I know is Church Latin, but that would be a bitch to march to. Try it: Hayfoot! Strawfoot!