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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

In Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Only in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

True, I didn't think about that.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Don't you guys use decimeters?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Feel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference:

  • 1.58 meters
  • 158 centimeters
  • 1 meter 58 centimeters

It's all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

except it would be 1,58 meters

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That's also quiet common, especially in engineering, which doesn't use CM.

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