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mrwh
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It's very UK to give depth in metric and area in imperial
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alexfoo
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Small areas in Imperial, then you move on to number of tennis courts, then number of football pitches, and then to fractions/multiples of Wales.
shagie
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Just like with pints, a British football pitch is 1.3 times larger than the American one.
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