Cevilia (they/she/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonedeleted by creator to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoWould I sound taller if I gave my height as 6' -4"?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1-5arrow-down1message-squareWould I sound taller if I gave my height as 6' -4"?Cevilia (they/she/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonedeleted by creator to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
Context: I’m 5’ 8". 5 feet plus 8 inches = 6 feet minus 4 inches. Edited to add: Yeah in my head this sounded funny but based on the comments it seems to be just a stupid idea. Oh well!
minus-squareAzzu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoIf you’re doing that, you would sound even taller if you say your height is 10 feet. Maybe you should try that. But if you’re going there already, why not say you’re 10 yards high? Might as well go big or go to your over-10-yard-high home.
If you’re doing that, you would sound even taller if you say your height is 10 feet. Maybe you should try that.
But if you’re going there already, why not say you’re 10 yards high? Might as well go big or go to your over-10-yard-high home.