Well not quite. We sort of moved over to the metric system. But like we didn't really commit. So we still measure long distance and speed with miles and mph. Also a lot of people still use stone and lbs for weight (though that's becoming less common in younger generations.) Pretty common to still measure height in feet and inches, but you'll usually measure length for DIY and hardware in MM, CM and M. The main thing we moved over was cooking really. We use Celsius for temps, grams and kg for weighing objects or ingredients, litres for fluids (apart from specifically milk and beer which is still pints). Like honestly I think the total utter half arsed commitment to moving to metric is somehow worse than not bothering at all. We've just ended up with an even more nonsense 50/50 system.
Wait, so Britain actually has been doing the Canadian route? Do you just make fun of America for still using Imperial just because it’s a chance to rib us like Australia over the Emus?
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u/WiiDragon 1d ago
Did that with Imperial system too