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The UK still uses imperial for road signs I think
by roryisok 8y ago
The UK still uses imperial for road signs I think
- pebers 8y agoYes, we do. I assume the cost of changing them all (and the resulting confusion and potential danger) was deemed too high.
- orf 8y agoWe use imperial for long distances, but SI for short ones. We use imperial for human weights, but SI for food and drink weights (excluding the pint!). Height is in imperial as well, mostly. Temperature is in SI. It's all quite confusing when you explain it, but pretty natural when you live there
- roryisok 8y agoI live just next door in Ireland. We're officially metric but people still talk in miles, feet (and yards), acres, stone, pints, etc
- dogma1138 8y agoThere is also plumbing and engineering which uses both depending on the case and the discipline. My old flat had a faucet that was a pain to update to a mixing tap because the hot water used inch threads and the cold used metric....