The Amsterdam foot is about 8% shorter than an English foot. ^[1]

@ptrc amsterdam feet 🫪🫪

@ptrc when are we getting amsterdam paws tbh

@ptrc p.paws,,,

@ezri i mean, amsterdam is just 6 hours away,,,

@ptrc ... we ordered in "ponden" (pounds) a few days ago, which thankfully is metricised to 500g

and is the customary unit you order meat or cheese (and sometimes vegetables) in in a full service store.....

we probably had not done so in like a decade.....

@helle @ptrc there is also a metricised https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catty , and fruit and vegetables in farmer's markets are only using this unit

@ptrc on average, dutch people are taller than english people, does this mean they also have shorter feet?

(also apparently I'm slightly taller than the highest national average height group (dutch men), I expected it to be higher)

@ptrc but the Amsterdam woman is about 8% longer than an English woman

@helle oh huh! i'm now terrified of amsterdam and their units

@ptrc look up how long a dutch mile was

@helle

one Dutch mile or mijl (mijl) = about 5½–6¼ km

im sorry why is there a range of possible values here lmao

@ptrc @helle that's a really short mile compared to the swedish one

@helle ohhhhh because it was defined as 20000 feet but people have different foot sizes, of course

@ptrc ummm 👉👈 ,,

@ptrc @helle nordic miles were even longer and also had a range