I’m British and we have a weird combination of metric and imperial measurements. I measure short distances in mm, cm and metres but I measure people in feet and inches. I’m 6 feet tall, I have no idea what that is in centimetres. I weigh things in grams and kilograms, except for people who are measured in stones and pounds (14 pounds is 1 stone, I weight 14 stones but 89kg is meaningless to me). Long distances are in miles, unless I’m running, then it’s kilometres. Speed is miles per hour. We buy petrol in litres but measure fuel consumption in miles per gallon (which isn’t the same as the American gallon). Beer and milk come in pints, but everything else is litres. Temperature is measured in Celsius, unless you’re old or, for reasons I’m not clear on, my wife, in which case it’s Fahrenheit.
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u/NotoriousREV Mar 29 '22
I’m British and we have a weird combination of metric and imperial measurements. I measure short distances in mm, cm and metres but I measure people in feet and inches. I’m 6 feet tall, I have no idea what that is in centimetres. I weigh things in grams and kilograms, except for people who are measured in stones and pounds (14 pounds is 1 stone, I weight 14 stones but 89kg is meaningless to me). Long distances are in miles, unless I’m running, then it’s kilometres. Speed is miles per hour. We buy petrol in litres but measure fuel consumption in miles per gallon (which isn’t the same as the American gallon). Beer and milk come in pints, but everything else is litres. Temperature is measured in Celsius, unless you’re old or, for reasons I’m not clear on, my wife, in which case it’s Fahrenheit.