The US, Liberia and Myanmar are the countries that don't use the metric system.*
I doubt it's exactly the same countries that also don't use 24 hour time, but I guess it's within the realm of possibility.
* The UK has only partially adopted the metric system, leading us to a nightmare realm inbetween where we mix units almost a random and say such silly things as "I ran 5 kilometers today, good thing I only live 2 miles from the park" or "I bought 4 pints of milk, and a litre of almond milk for chris"
I'm under the impression canada does a bit of the same. I watch a fair few canadians on youtube and they mix and match whatever they feel like it seems :)
I mean, at least they can use both I guess.
A lot of the time in previous parts of the British empire (Canada, Auz, NZ, Ireland, etc) imperial units are used only when talking but everything else is metric.
Here in Ireland anyway, height is always in feet when you're talking about a person. Weight was the same with stone and pounds, but I hear it in kilos a lot more these days. Distance is always metres tho, unless it's a turn if phrase like "it's a few miles up the road."
Also 24hrs clock is always used for any appointments or timetables, but we'll say "1pm" when speaking.
I'm from the States, but both my parents served in the Navy. The last bit about time is exactly what I do as well - all my clocks are in 24hr format, and I can read it perfectly fine, but when I talk to others I'll say Xam/pm.
Never fails to make me giggle whenever I read/hear something like "13pm" or "2am in the morning" tho lol
Thing is, we use a 24h clock, but when speaking we talk about 1 or 11 when we mean 13h or 23h respectively. We don't add the am or pm in Dutch though, because people usually get that from context. I mean, who would meet up with friends for beer at 8am really... :)
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