Not the SIZE of the shoe, its how you use it...

[Goodfella]

I'm around 11 and 11.5 US.

 

[Perfection]

9

 

[Borachio]

What's up with continental Europe then?

Convert Fahrenheit to Centrigade and add the number you first thought, plus another 50% and think of it as centimetres?

.

And look at that: US women have their own shoe sizes?

Why?

And what does FIA stand for? And why do Ath(letes?) have different sizes?

The UK one is incomplete, though. Iirc, children's sizes have a range all their own.

 

[Lillefix]

And look at that: US women have their own shoe sizes?

Why?

And why do Ath(letes?) have different sizes?

Probably some scheme to sell more shoes.

 

[shadowplay]

My left foot is 11 and my right foot is 11 and a half. It's not a big problem, but my left shoe has a little more room at the toe than it should.

 

[Gori the Grey]

The US has as many shoe-sizing systems as the rest of the world combined! (Assuming this chart gives all the world's systems.)

USA #1.

 

[Farm Boy]

A system to be accessible for every man and woman's needs! Or something.

 

[Bamspeedy]

12-13 depending on the brand. On some brands a size 12 would pinch my toes and make blisters, which I wouldn't realize until I wore them a few days so I just get 13s and then regardless of the brand they don't give me problems later on.

Convert Fahrenheit to Centrigade and add the number you first thought, plus another 50% and think of it as centimetres?



And look at that: US women have their own shoe sizes?

Why?

And what does FIA stand for? And why do Ath(letes?) have different sizes?

The UK one is incomplete, though. Iirc, children's sizes have a range all their own.

FIA is footwear industries of America. I can't seem to find out much about the FIA scale other than how to calculate it and that it is not used as often (less popular).

The US has a separate scale for children as well.

Don't know why we need a different scale for men than women. Yes, men's feet are bigger, but I don't see why a separate scale is needed. I suspect the separate scale was created 100 years ago and nobody felt a need to change it.

 

[Borachio]

I can't get over the feeling that all you Americans have out-sized feet!

But it's mostly because your scale is larger.

Is your country itself much smaller than you've been saying all this time, too?

Perhaps the US is really the size of the Isle of Wight. With maybe 27 people on it?

(Maybe the Isle of Wight is the US, eh? That would explain a lot. The lack of interest in soccer for one.)