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> ... the UK uses yards to measure distances shorter than a few kilometers. For the record, in the UK, and indeed most metric / english-speaking countries, it'
by Jedd 7y ago
> ... the UK uses yards to measure distances shorter than a few kilometers.
For the record, in the UK, and indeed most metric / english-speaking countries, it'll be metres (and kilometres).
A metre is the ISO unit for distance.
A meter is a device to measure things (not just distances).
- thinkingemote 7y agoFor the actual record, in the UK distances are measured in miles. This can be seen on road signage. Speeds are measured in miles per hour. This can be seen when driving a car, and also on road signage. It's basically a mix. Yards are not really used outside really by people, but you will find feet and inches being used (alongside metres and centimetres) often in commercial settings. Other examples of finding both things in the wild in use by people and companies in the UK: pints and litres. pounds and kilograms
- bakery2k 7y agoI think Jedd was commenting on the spelling of "meter" vs "metre".
- iso1210 7y agoIn the UK colloquial units are weird. Some units are imperial People's height in Feet People's weight in Stones+Pounds Beer in Pints (proper pints, not american tiny-pints) Roads in Miles Others are metric Temperature in C Milk in Litres Petrol in litres, but we also use miles/gallon Food in grams from shops, but oz when buying steak at a pub Bottles and Cans in ml Road distances on signs do tend to be yards rather than metres. Areas are often in acres, or square metres.
- globular-toast 7y agoMilk is in pints. Some are sold in litres because you get less but it kind of looks the same: 1L < 2 pints. But people generally talk about milk in pints.
- iso1210 7y agoMost people get milk from the supermarket. The milk bottles in my fridge is 2L, it also comes in 3L, 1L and 500ml https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/fresh-food/milk-butter-and-eggs/milk https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/fresh-food/milk-b... 18 of the first 24 are in litres.
- rozab 7y agoThe supermarket branded milk that everyone actually buys is always in pints though. All of this filtered, UHT, skimmed business falls into the "things that aren't plain old milk" category
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