Warp schrieb:

>   Even so, "makes perfect sense" and "is commonly used" are two different
> things. I don't know how it's in other countries, but I have never heard
> anyone using anything similar to "meters square" (instead of "square meters")
> here. If anything, that would cause confusion (especially if the meaning is
> intended to be something different than "square meters").

Well, you're living in... what was the name of the country again? Finland?

Not exactly on the lists of countries with a lot of native English 
speakers, is it?


Leaving that aside, I have heard people using such expressions before, 
and yes, it caused confusion to me. And no, they apparently did /not/ 
refer to square meters, but really some distance square[d].

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