Brits used to measure tyre pressure in psi (pounds per square inch) but I think many younger ones now use bar so they have to sell gauges with both measurements.
Fuel is sold in litres, but vehicle fuel economy is quoted in miles per gallon.
The only thing we use imperial measurements for in Britain is driving speed, since all the roadsigns are still in MPH we don’t have much choice. Everything else, including running/walking speed, is in metric. That is unless you’re 70+ years old in which case you’ll use imperial for everything while nobody else understands you.
I think stones and pounds are on the way out. Purely anecdotal, but I’m 28 and myself and everyone I know uses kilos. Centimeters for height as well.
It’s not past the ken of an intelligent person to hold, and use concurrently, two measurement systems.
I still can believe how this country was once great empire…
Human heights are imperial, but other heights are metric. Sometimes.
Anecdote. Re-educating oneself turns out to be surprisingly easy. I grew up thinking in stones and miles and MPH and feet for height, and those strange numbers for shoe sizes. After a few years in another European country I literally forgot it all, including my various personal anatomical measurements. Now it all seems as alien to me as it does to other Europeans. Imagine weighing oneself in “stones”! Haha! Ridiculous. Metric all the way, and somehow it just came naturally.
Temperature is missing the gate between hot and cold. Fahrenheit for dramatic effect vs Celsius for realism
I find “stones” fascinating, found out about it recently.
Ah, you say tons, but is it short tons or long tons?
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Brits used to measure tyre pressure in psi (pounds per square inch) but I think many younger ones now use bar so they have to sell gauges with both measurements.
Fuel is sold in litres, but vehicle fuel economy is quoted in miles per gallon.
The only thing we use imperial measurements for in Britain is driving speed, since all the roadsigns are still in MPH we don’t have much choice. Everything else, including running/walking speed, is in metric. That is unless you’re 70+ years old in which case you’ll use imperial for everything while nobody else understands you.
I think stones and pounds are on the way out. Purely anecdotal, but I’m 28 and myself and everyone I know uses kilos. Centimeters for height as well.
It’s not past the ken of an intelligent person to hold, and use concurrently, two measurement systems.
I still can believe how this country was once great empire…
Human heights are imperial, but other heights are metric. Sometimes.
Anecdote. Re-educating oneself turns out to be surprisingly easy. I grew up thinking in stones and miles and MPH and feet for height, and those strange numbers for shoe sizes. After a few years in another European country I literally forgot it all, including my various personal anatomical measurements. Now it all seems as alien to me as it does to other Europeans. Imagine weighing oneself in “stones”! Haha! Ridiculous. Metric all the way, and somehow it just came naturally.
Temperature is missing the gate between hot and cold. Fahrenheit for dramatic effect vs Celsius for realism
I find “stones” fascinating, found out about it recently.
Ah, you say tons, but is it short tons or long tons?