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I’m about five-six.

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Reply Wed 21 Dec, 2011 03:33 am
I’m about five-six. Light brown hair. Long.


Here is a sentence from a novel. What does five-six mean here? Does it mean the author is 5.6 feet tall or 5 to 6 feet tall?
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Reply Wed 21 Dec, 2011 04:29 am
@Nancy88,

it means she is 5'-6" tall (5 foot 6 inches)...
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Reply Wed 21 Dec, 2011 10:37 am
@Region Philbis,
Region Philbis wrote:
it means she is 5'-6" tall (5 foot 6 inches)...


5 "foot" is colloquial as used here. A "five-foot pole" is not.

5 feet 6 inches, 1.67 metres.

There is no indication of the gender of the speaker.


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