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>I love it when articles have random units of measurements like that! There's a uniquely British phenomenon where large areas are given in terms of Wales. I th
by BoxOfRain 5y ago
>I love it when articles have random units of measurements like that!
There's a uniquely British phenomenon where large areas are given in terms of Wales. I think it's probably down to our national inability to decide if we're metric or imperial.
- mrec 5y agoFor your convenience: https://www.theregister.com/Design/page/reg-standards-converter.html https://www.theregister.com/Design/page/reg-standards-conver... More info: https://www.theregister.com/2007/08/24/vulture_central_standards/ https://www.theregister.com/2007/08/24/vulture_central_stand...
- schroeding 5y agoDoesn't every country have it's own "weird unit of area"? :-) In completely metric Germany, we often use "Saarlands", which is also, like Wales, the smallest country / state. 1 Wales = 8 Saarlands
- testrun 5y agoFor water volume here in Australia we use Sydney harbour units