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Post by shawshanked on Feb 26, 2017 5:07:45 GMT
In the 1965 film, Doctor Zhivago, there are several instances of characters using standard units of measurement. In one scene, a character tells another character that they have a 103 degree fever. This would obviously be 103 F and not 103 C. In another scene, it is mentioned that a character was killed 5 miles away. Doesn't Russia use the metric system? Shouldn't Celsius and kilometers be used instead of Fahrenheit and miles?
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Mar 20, 2017 23:16:18 GMT
In the 1965 film, Doctor Zhivago, there are several instances of characters using standard units of measurement. In one scene, a character tells another character that they have a 103 degree fever. This would obviously be 103 F and not 103 C. In another scene, it is mentioned that a character was killed 5 miles away. Doesn't Russia use the metric system? Shouldn't Celsius and kilometers be used instead of Fahrenheit and miles? There is an easy answer as to why this is not a goof. It's the same reason that the characters are speaking English and not Russian. The film was made by ( and primarily for ) non metric using, English speaking viewers! |
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