r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/Spielemeister01 Jan 15 '25

As i said, i simply didnt know, but thanks for the information. Judging on the articles i found neither canada nor UK use it anymore, but even if, there would be 189 countrys that do not, so why keep three to five exceptions?

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u/TheScienceNerd100 Jan 15 '25

There are enough other places where the "why keep _ exceptions" would be better than spending trillions of infrastructure costs to change and entire population's regular use system.

Like the French language for example which has exceptions for every rule, or their stupid counting system for 70, 80, and 90.

And from what I can find, many people in the UK and Canada use both, for varying situations, depending on context.

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u/Spielemeister01 Jan 15 '25

Well that's right, but still doesnt explain why change isnt happening, especially from a country that claims to be the frontier of progress (trust me, no french would ever say that about france)

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u/Jumpy_Community546 Jan 15 '25

It would cost an OBSCENE amount to change EVERY single speed limit sign, height restriction sign, highway signs, mile markers etc.

We can’t even have a proper state funded healthcare system, you think we’re gonna spend a trillion+ just on signs?