[Football] Metric Measurements On The Continent

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Bodian

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• Apr 20, 2024

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Coalburner said:

That's correct. In German it's an Elfmeter, which treanslates a an eleven metre

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An Elf Metre? Really? That's brilliant.

 

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lasvegan

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Sin City

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God bless the USA, feet and inches it is.

 

Eeyore

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Bakero said:

In Spain they just say the area, or penalty area (area de penalti) for the 18-yard box. Area de meta (goal area) for the six-yard box.

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Since when did the penalty area become an 18 yard box anyway ? I'm clearly not up with this modern football speak.

 

Eeyore

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lasvegan said:

God bless the USA, feet and inches it is.

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If anyone quotes me anything in metres I always instinctively reply ' What's that in English ?' They always know what I mean.

I always look at metre to feet conversion. In fact, I didn't know how many centimeters there were to a metre until recently. I guessed from the Latin

 

AZ Gull

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• Apr 20, 2024

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Eeyore said:

If anyone quotes me anything in metres I always instinctively reply ' What's that in English ?' They always know what I mean.

I always look at metre to feet conversion. In fact, I didn't know how many centimeters there were to a metre until recently. I guessed from the Latin

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