>metric countries still use non-metric terms for some cases, eg, "inches in a screen" This is an example of American influence. Decade ago it was in centimetre

>metric countries still use non-metric terms for some cases, eg, "inches in a screen" This is an example of American influence. Decade ago it was in centimetres. For example, in this 2004 Siemens commercial for Russia CX65's screen size is 13 square centimetres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZaY_f6U8Mo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZaY_f6U8Mo