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Not really. You still go to the shops and buy things in litres and kilograms, and their entire construction industry is in metric. The only commercial product

Not really. You still go to the shops and buy things in litres and kilograms, and their entire construction industry is in metric. The only commercial product that isn't in metric, funnily enough, is beer and cider. I guess getting pissed people to change proved harder than everything else.

anexprogrammer 10y ago
...and milk is always pints. An awful lot of products come in imperial sizes but metric labelling - 454g jars of jam etc. Timber sometimes gets called 2x4 even though it's 50x100, but that seems less common now. Oddly just about everyone still uses feet and inches for their height. I hear kilos more and more often for weight, I don't think I've ever heard cm for height in the UK.
- Frogolocalypse 10y ago
  > ...and milk is always pints. Returned milk is (you know, in dem bottles). But milk you buy in the store is 1L, 2L, etc. > Oddly just about everyone still uses feet and inches for their height. True. Probably because of the recognition of the 6' centering measurement. People know that if you're 6', that's kind of the cut-off for what is referred to as 'tall enough'. Over that, you're generally 'tall'. Under that, and you're average height.
  - anexprogrammer 10y ago
    Not in any supermarket I've been in, 4 and 6 pints are the commonest. Maybe us northerners aren't trusted with metric milk yet! Only time I see litres is some of the niche brands (like Cravendale and branded organic) in bigger supermarkets, or 500ml in corner shops and some garages. So they can charge more. Presumably people compare 2l price with 2.3l / 4 pint instead of £/l.
tomc1985 10y ago
And people weigh themselves in stone, "a unit of measure equal to 14 pounds (lb) avoirdupois, or 6.3503 kilograms (kg)."
CM30 10y ago
But speed limits and distances are in miles. That also seems to use the 'imperial' system.

anexprogrammer 10y ago

...and milk is always pints. An awful lot of products come in imperial sizes but metric labelling - 454g jars of jam etc. Timber sometimes gets called 2x4 even though it's 50x100, but that seems less common now. Oddly just about everyone still uses feet and inches for their height. I hear kilos more and more often for weight, I don't think I've ever heard cm for height in the UK.

Frogolocalypse 10y ago
> ...and milk is always pints. Returned milk is (you know, in dem bottles). But milk you buy in the store is 1L, 2L, etc. > Oddly just about everyone still uses feet and inches for their height. True. Probably because of the recognition of the 6' centering measurement. People know that if you're 6', that's kind of the cut-off for what is referred to as 'tall enough'. Over that, you're generally 'tall'. Under that, and you're average height.
- anexprogrammer 10y ago
  Not in any supermarket I've been in, 4 and 6 pints are the commonest. Maybe us northerners aren't trusted with metric milk yet! Only time I see litres is some of the niche brands (like Cravendale and branded organic) in bigger supermarkets, or 500ml in corner shops and some garages. So they can charge more. Presumably people compare 2l price with 2.3l / 4 pint instead of £/l.

tomc1985 10y ago

And people weigh themselves in stone, "a unit of measure equal to 14 pounds (lb) avoirdupois, or 6.3503 kilograms (kg)."

CM30 10y ago

But speed limits and distances are in miles. That also seems to use the 'imperial' system.