You'd be amazed how small the demand is for pictures of trees... - Fred Astaire to Audrey Hepburn
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It is a convention when specifying material sizes in the engineering and construction industries, to quote the dimesions in sorted order, largest dimension first and (eg. a piece of wood 32x3x2). The practice of quoting paper and film sizes could possibly follow from that, depending on the preferences of those involved in the early days of photography.
eta gosha maaba, aaniish gaa zhiwebiziyin ?
eta gosha maaba, aaniish gaa zhiwebiziyin ?
now ask someone in England what a 4x2 means :-)
a thick plank... :-)
You'd be amazed how small the demand is for pictures of trees... - Fred Astaire to Audrey Hepburn
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My theory - which I've held for years - is that it's to do with our accents. We Brits tend not to extend our syllables - especially at the end of words, but not so in the US. 5x4 is short and clipped - and British - and the 4 doesn't lend itself to being drawn out. Unlike 5 which which can readily be extended to suit an American accent. So it's "5 bi 4" for the Brits and "4 biiii fiiiive" in the US. So it's done to suit our accents ...
So... is it a 5x7 or 7x5?
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