Whose feet would you measure? They vary wildly between genders and races.
You would have to do the initial measurement first and then tell everyone that’s how long “1 length” is, whatever you call it feet or meters or bananas.
So why use feet, which are different in size between all people and no one can measure one foot more accurately than one meter without a measurement too? Using bananas is just as accurate as using feet.
Whose feet would you measure? They vary wildly between genders and races.
You would have to do the initial measurement first and then tell everyone that’s how long “1 length” is, whatever you call it feet or meters or bananas.
So why use feet, which are different in size between all people and no one can measure one foot more accurately than one meter without a measurement too? Using bananas is just as accurate as using feet.
So why not do it properly the first time?