The United Kingdom has taken leave of its collective senses. It wants to go back imperial measurements: [abc.net.au] . How about we go back to pounds, shillings and pence, florins, half crowns and guineas, revive the groat, again use yards, feet and inches, rods, chaldrons, hundredweight and bushels? Boris Johnson has gone barking mad!
If I remember right, the US officially 'accepted' the metric system in the late 1800s.
But the people never bought into it. Good luck finding a speed limit sign in KPH -- even after a century.
Edit --
From 'Time Line for the Definition of the Meter' by William B. Penzes
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1866 -- By act of the US Congress, the use of the metric system was legalized in this country but was not made obligatory.
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1875 -- On May 20, the Treaty of the Meter was signed by seventeen countries, including the United States at the International Metric Convention.
VOLUNTARY Imperial measurements. (Not mandatory)
The currency changed LONG BEFORE the other EU inspired changes. Engineering and science has used the metric system for even longer.
However, certain things, like a pint of beer (578cc) instead of a measly 500cc, are welcome. I still define my height in feet and inches and my weight on lbs, even though I use kilos for cement bags and kilometres for driving distances.
Anyway, it will still be mandatory to show measurements in metric units, alongside the Imperial measurement, so what's the problem?
Stupid redundancy. Pick one (the most readily understood) and go with that one.
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