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who · 12-29-2006, 11:31 AM

I've been reading a lot of news articles lately and it seems that whenever there's something large being talked about, in order to describe the largeness of it, journalists size it up in terms of how many football fields it could contain.

For example:

"TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada's Arctic, scientists said."

What is this all about? Are the readers supposed to suddenly understand the size because they all should know exactly how bit 11,000 football fields are??

12-29-2006, 11:31 AM
who So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ICQ #23642053 Posts: 19,593	QUESTION: Why do Americans measure things in terms of 'football fields' ?????? I've been reading a lot of news articles lately and it seems that whenever there's something large being talked about, in order to describe the largeness of it, journalists size it up in terms of how many football fields it could contain. For example: "TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada's Arctic, scientists said." What is this all about? Are the readers supposed to suddenly understand the size because they all should know exactly how bit 11,000 football fields are??