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“ means inches and ‘ means feet in case anyone else needs to know because I had to look this up

Thanks, I thought it was an odd quote.

Is this just a US thing? I thought this was common knowledge.

It’s (mostly) just a US thing to measure in feet and inches, so most people don’t learn the shorthand for feet and inches.

> Is this just a US thing? I thought this was common knowledge.

Have you seen the movie This Is Spinal Tap? Good scene on this "common knowledge":