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[โ€“] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We have the coils too, except we call it a measuring tape.

We also have have a flexible soft version used for measuring human proportions for clothing, but it's called a "tape measure" for some reason.

I wish we had the foldable kind, that sounds useful.

[โ€“] Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Ironically the 2m folding rulers are called "inch-stick" in German