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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (10 children)

The British have a stupid mix of Imperial and metric. We usually measure distance in meters/centimeters but feet and inches are still used fairly regularly especially if you're measuring the height of a person. Large distances are usually measured in miles unless you're going for a run in which case you probably use km. Then you go for a drive and measure your speed in miles per hour, and your fuel efficiency in miles per gallon. Except you now need to fill up so you go to the petrol station where the prices are listed in pence per litre. Most other liquids are also measured in litres unless you're buying milk or beer.

Then if you're weighing things you probably use metric, unless you're weighing a person or you're an old person cooking. Temperature is also measured in celcius unless you're old.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Don’t forget to give your weight in stones and a horses height in hands..

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    And the size of your land in acres/hectares. And a lot of ingredients in cups (which has never been a set amount in the UK since its beginning). And distance sometimes in yards

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I guess the silver lining for the British is they have more familiarity with both types of measurements than the purests.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Except they only know the amounts/frame of references for the specific things they're used to, so it's not like they can do the conversion any better than the rest of us. Canadians have a similar (though different) system as well.

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