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UK drops plans for use of imperial measuring system

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Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months ago

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The UK government has said it had dropped its plan to start selling in imperial measures after a consultation revealed 99% support for keeping the metric system.

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As a Brit, the only imperial measurement I actually use is the mile. I don’t even know my height or weight in imperial.
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  Your height can be measured in miles.
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    In the same way that the distance between Earth and the sun can be measured in football pitches, yes.

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