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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago (6 children)

It's what most of the world uses. Tea-ville and Yeehawland are the only two that typically use imperial still.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago

We don't even use the same type of imperial either

If France could just lie for a few years and say that they're adopting the British system, it might persuade us to finally metricise properly out of spite and I'd be extremely grateful to them

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

In Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only in informal communication. Medical software and official documents (like you ID card) usually use cm.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

True, I didn't think about that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Feel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference:

  • 1.58 meters
  • 158 centimeters
  • 1 meter 58 centimeters

It's all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

except it would be 1,58 meters

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't you guys use decimeters?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That's also quiet common, especially in engineering, which doesn't use CM.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not just tea-ville, but former tea-ville colonies also measure human height in feet and inched. And former tea-ville colonies make up a large portion of the human populace.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I live in New Zealand, we don't use inches. In fact, you're required to use metric if you're selling a product, as that's our official measurement system.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But no matter where you are you'd better add units!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Definitely, there's no excuse for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

~~Most of London~~ The UK uses Miles Per Hour for speed limits. That's just the biggest example off the top of my head. Your assertion is inaccurate.

Edit: A weird thing to downvote but ok. It's more than just London, it's the whole UK.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Didn't downvote you but I'm guessing that's covered by "Tea-ville" which could be why.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I'm in yeehawland and I loved the nicknames

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What was not you?

One person said the UK is using imperial measurements and you responded that this is wrong and showed in an example at the same time, why the original statement would be true