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I was educated during the conversion in the UK and commonly switch between the two. Speed and distances for travel in miles, shorter distances in meters. Height
by robmcm 14y ago
I was educated during the conversion in the UK and commonly switch between the two. Speed and distances for travel in miles, shorter distances in meters. Height in feet for people, meters for building etc. Weight of people in stone, otherwise normally grams, liquids in pints for some things, liters for others.
It's confusing, but makes sense in the long run.
- venus 14y ago> It's confusing, but makes sense in the long run. You're perceiving things like this because it's what you were brought up with. None of the examples in which you claim it's "natural" to use imperial units make any sense to me at all. I don't think in miles, don't know how much a "stone" is, and pints are just pure confusion - which pint? there's about 4 types isn't there? It's what you grew up with, nothing more.
- robmcm 14y agoYes but getting the transition from one to the other takes a long long time.