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Er... could be anything from a growing trend to a lack of "professional" writing skills (believe it or not-- as stated, since when do you see exact measurements in litterature?)

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I've actually put the exact height of one of my characters, but in a police report, not narration. ^^; I think the reason for that is that's the easy way to say how tall that person is. *shrugs*
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What's up with so many fanfics giving their characters an exact height, right up to the inch? I've never seen measurements like that in literature. What could have inspired it?
Oddly enough, I wrote up a lengthy rant about this in a review I've yet to post. XD

In other words, thank God I'm not the only one who wants to take a two-by-four and smack half-foot-tall kittens whenever I see someone state their main character is exactly x-foot, x-inches tall.

...Or maybe I am.
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In other words, thank God I'm not the only one who wants to take a two-by-four and smack half-foot-tall kittens whenever I see someone state their main character is exactly x-foot, x-inches tall.
D:

I hate that. ;; It makes me...AGH. Just...want to jump in there and smack the author with a freaking raw steak.
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Ironically, since I live in a country that exclusively uses the metric system, giving a character's height in feet and inches is a good way to leave me almost completely in the dark about how tall they are. Unless I actually went and looked it up, which I generally can't be bothered to do.
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Ironically, since I live in a country that exclusively uses the metric system, giving a character's height in feet and inches is a good way to leave me almost completely in the dark about how tall they are. Unless I actually went and looked it up, which I generally can't be bothered to do.
Speaking of metic system.... if a book that writes measures in feet, inches, miles etc. (fictional story, and not an exact measurement; you know "he was about six feet tall" stuff), do the translators go ahead and change those measurements to the metric system for readers?

-Taunter the Haunter
-(ゴースト Ghost)
-Team Wilhelm "Leader"
-Gas Pokémon
-5'03" & 0.2 lbs
-Lvl. 65
-And he talks?!
-"Hau hau! Why yes, your soul looks very delicious..."
Age 32
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Speaking of metic system.... if a book that writes measures in feet, inches, miles etc. (fictional story, and not an exact measurement; you know "he was about six feet tall" stuff), do the translators go ahead and change those measurements to the metric system for readers?
Not always. Most of the time they do (they do that also with subbed TV programs), but not every time. Guess how annoying it is to start counting? "Let's see, one inch is about 2,5 cm, and one feet is 12 inches, so this is... Wait, five times twelve times two point five is, uh..." Now, I don't have anything against maths - more like the opposite, actually. I like maths, but it's not the thing I want to do while I'm trying to get sucked in a story.

Speaking of getting sucked into a story, I just read Ender's Game a week ago, and I read it in ten hours or something. I like to read books from cover to cover all at once, and I don't really know why. It gives me one hell of a headache, really... Imagine the effect sudden multiplications have on that headache! Oh, and no wonder I have to wear glasses :laugh:

Hmm. As Dragonfree pointed out, we Scandinavian and other exclusively metric system-using people commonly have no idea of how long feet and inches are. I only know how much an inch is because I have a measurement tape that has inches on the other side (by the way, don't you seriously have a smaller unit than inch? Like, a milli-inch or something?). So, how well are you non-metric people informed about the metric system? If I tell I'm 160 cm tall, do you know whether I'm short or not?

It's the same with celsius versus Fahrenheit, really. I have absolutely and utterly no idea of how warm is 30 degrees Fahrenheit, for example. Or 90. Do you non-metric people know if it's cold here or not if I say it's 5 degrees outside? (actually, it's about 0 degrees here now...)

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If I tell I'm 160 cm tall, do you know whether I'm short or not?
I think that's short, but let me do the math real quick. 160 cm is roughly 65 inches, which would be five feet, five inches tall, which is short-ish.

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Ack. D: I cannot use the Metric or Celcius system to save my life. ;; It always confuses me when talking to people that live in those countries, because I'll always be lost on that subject. ;;

We could just use the greatest alternative to the measuring systems -- Jon Boy Jim Bob was short and it was REALLY hot outside.

That should clear the air for us now. <3
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Yeah, I was jut curious ^-^

txteclipse: Indeed I am short-ish, but because people women in Finland are generally rather tall (the average height of a Finnish woman is 170 cm and for a man it's 179 or so), I'm simply short without the "ish".

I think the worst outcome of the system differences will be seen in traffic :laugh: I mean, if I had a driving license and was to drive in, say, the US, I would have absolutely no idea how fast I was allowed to drive xD Because unfortunately, for some reason, they don't have signs that say "fast" or "slow".

But yeah, in literature, I prefer when things are described in words rather than numbers. Of course, it greatly depends on the style, but using the characters exact height when describing said character might come off a bit dry. When it's done well, then of course there's no problem with it, but my general guideline would be not to use numbers.

She was exactly 155,34 centimeters tall, she weighted 49 kilograms, which is approximately 490 Newtons, and her glasses were minus two point five. Her shoes were the size 37...

That reminds me. Clothing sizes: why are they different? Why are American versions of T-shirts in sizes S, M, L, XL etc. different from European ones? I can understand it in the case of Japanese and Chinese people, because they are generally smaller than Americans, for example. But Americans and Europeans are about the same size. Why the difference? Why the different shoe sizes? Why can't the world just unite to prevent my head from exploding when I try to buy stuff online? Why?

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When someone says "such-and-such meters" I go "eh, wha'?". I can mentally guess, but the accuracy varies a lot. ><;

As for anything smaller than an inch... I don't think so. I can visualize millimeters and centimeters, but that's because those are on the measuring tapes here. Even then... well, I'm measuring-challenged either way! *shot*

-Taunter the Haunter
-(ゴースト Ghost)
-Team Wilhelm "Leader"
-Gas Pokémon
-5'03" & 0.2 lbs
-Lvl. 65
-And he talks?!
-"Hau hau! Why yes, your soul looks very delicious..."

Dragonfree

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Speaking of metic system.... if a book that writes measures in feet, inches, miles etc. (fictional story, and not an exact measurement; you know "he was about six feet tall" stuff), do the translators go ahead and change those measurements to the metric system for readers?
Well, I don't remember a lot of books using exact measurements, but in the only one I remember (the first Harry Potter book, where Ollivander is describing the sizes of all the wands), the translator converted it all to centimeters. Movies usually tend to do that too in the translations; miles get turned into kilometers, pounds to kilograms, etc.
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Uwaaaah! That American thingomabobby system annoys me. xP I live in a country that it would be weird to say "inches" in so, well, it leaves me in the dark completely when people talk about inches and feet. Although I can still tell 5'5" is...uh...30 times 5 plus 2.5 times 5 is...uh...157.5cm, I still suck at distance estimation, so I can't really guess how tall that is. Alright, I CAN guess that as I'M 150-something, but other than that, not really... I dun' liek how us peoples can't even agree on how long a basic distance is. :\
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(by the way, don't you seriously have a smaller unit than inch? Like, a milli-inch or something?). So, how well are you non-metric people informed about the metric system? If I tell I'm 160 cm tall, do you know whether I'm short or not?
We divide the inch all the way down to 1/32" , or 0.079375 cms but most people strugle with the fractions beyond 1/4"

It's the same with celsius versus Fahrenheit, really. I have absolutely and utterly no idea of how warm is 30 degrees Fahrenheit, for example. Or 90. Do you non-metric people know if it's cold here or not if I say it's 5 degrees outside? (actually, it's about 0 degrees here now...)
Being the weather gooruo of the section, I can half ass the Celsius side, I know that 0oC is the point at which water freezes, and 100oC is the temp at which water boils. I know that 30oC is pretty warm.

Now for the Fahrenheit explanation. I know off the top of my head why the temps where set where they are at; anyway, water freezes at 32oF, and it boils at 212oF.

30oF is really cold, it's about -1, or -2 oC, and 90oF is hot, (about 32oC)

But 90oF is not that hot to some people in the USA, expecialy in the southwest (where I'm from), I can remeber the tempature being 115oF at times, uh 46.5o C


That reminds me. Clothing sizes: why are they different? Why are American versions of T-shirts in sizes S, M, L, XL etc. different from European ones? I can understand it in the case of Japanese and Chinese people, because they are generally smaller than Americans, for example. But Americans and Europeans are about the same size. Why the difference? Why the different shoe sizes? Why can't the world just unite to prevent my head from exploding when I try to buy stuff online? Why?
What is the clothing measurements in Europe?

I can tell you that our shoe size is all ****ed up, I mean come on, it goes 1-12 or 14 I think, and then starts over again, so it starts out in infants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,1,2,3,4... untill you get to adults, and then it just keeps going and going and.... I knew a guy who had 16 1/2 shoe size. I have heard that the tallest guy in the world wore size 26, sorry no conversion there.

EDIT: Ninjia Caterpie, I can tell you that 1 mile is 1.6 KM, what really throws me off is the conversion of KMh to mph, I know it, but when someone says that they are doing 60kmh sounds fast over here, but in realty is just under 35mph, or the average speed though towns.
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We divide the inch all the way down to 1/32" , or 0.079375 cms but most people strugle with the fractions beyond 1/4"
OOh yeah, that's right, forgot 'bout that. *usually doesn't use anything smaller than an inch... mwhaha?*

And I'm simple: I have a 7 shoe size, with a quad-A, quin-A heel... or is that my mother's foot?
{To the Quads and quins... in simple terms, I have a freakin' NARROW shoe; most shoe stores don't carry the kinds of shoes I need, my feet are that narrow; it's my mother's fault! I got her genes! D: *sobs*)

-Taunter the Haunter
-(ゴースト Ghost)
-Team Wilhelm "Leader"
-Gas Pokémon
-5'03" & 0.2 lbs
-Lvl. 65
-And he talks?!
-"Hau hau! Why yes, your soul looks very delicious..."
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I know off the top of my head why the temps where set where they are at;
Did I hear you right? You know why they're set there? Could you tell me? I've been wanting to know for ages. None of my American friends can tell me. I always figured this Fahrenheit guy was just messing with everyone.

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Info: Ok, this story is based on the RPG 'A New Professor In Town'. But this is based on what happens to my character after the RPG. See the owner didn't want to continue the roleplay to other regions after Kanto, so I thought I'd write a story on it. But I can't write it yet not until I get permission to use Professor Maple from the owner. I know FlareonFan probabbly wouldn't mind me having Sean in this, but I need permission to use Professor Maple.

Different looks for different Regions(My character)

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Ok, I have gotten permission from slls81 to use Professor Maple. I will be starting the story later on today.

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EDIT: Ninjia Caterpie, I can tell you that 1 mile is 1.6 KM, what really throws me off is the conversion of KMh to mph, I know it, but when someone says that they are doing 60kmh sounds fast over here, but in realty is just under 35mph, or the average speed though towns.
:\ KM to M is easy, it's KM to M that's hard. I get confused. xP
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Hi guys, I'm new to writing fan-fics, and I've started the prologue of a Metroid one. What do you think? It's attatched as a .txt file.

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>Now Playing< ...............................
>Brawl FC< ...............................
>DPPt FC< ...............................
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Buoysel

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Did I hear you right? You know why they're set there? Could you tell me? I've been wanting to know for ages. None of my American friends can tell me. I always figured this Fahrenheit guy was just messing with everyone.
Oh yeah its easy, For Fahrenheit
Spoiler:
I can't tell you why he set out to make a new temp system, but here is what I know...

For 0 degrees, He was going to put it at the temperature at which water freezes, except he acdiendly use sea water, which contains salt. Salt water does not freeze at the same temperature as fresh water. As you have probably guess by now, it freezes 32 degrees colder.

For 100 degrees, the guy was going to put it at the human body temp; but un announced to him, his assistant was sick that day, and running a fever. Which is why the the normal human body temperature is 98.7oF, instead of 100 degrees.

The Fahrenheit guy made a lot of mistakes.


Celsius
Spoiler:
This one is really simple, water freezes at 0, and boils at 100.



:\ KM to M is easy, it's KM to M that's hard. I get confused. xP
I have to use a calculator for both, but I do know that 1mph is 1.6 kmph.

So if you have kmph, and you want to convert it, you divide it by 1.6.

If you have mph, and you want to convert it, you multiply it by 1.6
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Info: Ok, this story is based on the RPG 'A New Professor In Town'. But this is based on what happens to my character after the RPG. See the owner didn't want to continue the roleplay to other regions after Kanto, so I thought I'd write a story on it. But I can't write it yet not until I get permission to use Professor Maple from the owner. I know FlareonFan probabbly wouldn't mind me having Sean in this, but I need permission to use Professor Maple.
Um, you realize there's a fanfiction announcement thread, right? I mean, it's fine and dandy that you're writing a fanfiction about an RPG, but unless you're wanting opinions here, I'd imagine you're better off just, you know, writing down your thoughts about the fanfic on a blank Word document, contacting the people involved via PM, and working on it quietly. =/ We can't really comment as to whether or not this is an awesome idea because you're not really giving us any information (aside from we'd better go check out the RPG), and even then, we'll probably be more interested once we see the actual story.

Also, to Buoysel, actually, what he did was no accident. The freezing temperature of the mixture he used was the lowest possible temperature he could obtain in a laboratory. (It was actually a common method to reach extremely low temperatures at that time, so Fahrenheit most likely wanted that reading, rather than anything above it. Makes sense to start at the very base that you know of.) After that, he used the body temperature of a healthy subject for the other end of the scale, which brought the other end to 96 degrees, not 100. (In actuality, water boils at about a 180-degree difference from the freezing point of pure water: 32. Hence, the boiling point is at 212, not 100 like on the Celsius scale.) There's a bit of math involved in getting the thermometer to divide up into different increments to get these odd numbers, but I'm not entirely sure what he did to do it.
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Um, you realize there's a fanfiction announcement thread, right? I mean, it's fine and dandy that you're writing a fanfiction about an RPG, but unless you're wanting opinions here, I'd imagine you're better off just, you know, writing down your thoughts about the fanfic on a blank Word document, contacting the people involved via PM, and working on it quietly. =/ We can't really comment as to whether or not this is an awesome idea because you're not really giving us any information (aside from we'd better go check out the RPG), and even then, we'll probably be more interested once we see the actual story.
She has already post in the announcemt thread, but Is unahappy with the amount of reviews she is getting.

Konekodemon, let me tell you something, begging is not the way to get lots of reviews. You will end up bugging people to death, and they will try to avoid you like the plague. The way to get lots of reviews is to be active in the community, whether it be the whole community, or just the PFF(&P). As people get to know you, they will be more interested in what you write. Also, another pointer, if and when you do get a review, don't argue with the reviewer, thank them for their time, fix the problems they spotted, and use the advice they leave behind.


Also, to Buoysel, actually, what he did was no accident. The freezing temperature of the mixture he used was the lowest possible temperature he could obtain in a laboratory. After that, he used the body temperature of a healthy subject for the other end of the scale, which brought the other end to 96 degrees, not 100. (In actuality, water boils at about a 180-degree difference from the freezing point of pure water: 32.)
That's interesting, but I am just telling you what I have been told. I will go do some (updated) research...

You how hard it is to try and type a response when you keep editing your post...
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She has already post in the announcemt thread, but Is unahappy with the amount of reviews she is getting.
For a fanfiction she hasn't even posted yet?

That's interesting, but I am just telling you what I have been told.
So am I. (Or, at least, the basis was. I admit I had to look up who he used for the other end of the scale because I couldn't quite remember if he used himself or someone else. Apparently, sources vary on this part of the story.)

You how hard it is to try and type a response when you keep editing your post...
I know. ;D
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For a fanfiction she hasn't even posted yet?
I though she was talking about this Story, which I have seen her begging for reviews before. So I though she was here begging again, and only slimed her post. So that is my fault. But I sand behind what I typed earlier about not begging.


So am I. (Or, at least, the basis was. I admit I had to look up who he used for the other end of the scale because I couldn't quite remember if he used himself or someone else. Apparently, sources vary on this part of the story.)
according to wiki, your right.

My version sounded cooler though..
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If you wrote a shipping oneshot for Christmas, who would you ship?
I'd ship Lisa off to Baxter Village in Fort Mill, South Carolina, where her parents own property
Not much shipping in my writing, unless Lisa x 1989 Buick Estate Wagon or Lisa x Quadratic Equation counts XD

I use mostly American measurements in my fic, because it's what I'm uused to. I do agree that our conversion formulas are a major pain in the behind... I know that zero Celsius is freezing and 100 is boiling, so i have some idea of temperatures when given in Celsius. Of course, I have to be TOLD that they are Celsius temps, lol.

Exact measurements can be used in a fic... when it's a fugitive report:

Ex: "Suspect Lisa is fifteen years of age, 5'01" tall, and weighs about 105 pounds. She has a Persian with her and is considered very intelligent. Please contact Elite Overlord LeSabre if you know of her whereabouts."

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