At 21:55 +0000 01/01/29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've had Stewart Steven's permission to reproduce his second story. I
>may also add it to my Web site.
>
>OK, LET'S HELP YOU GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
>Stewart Steven
>Mail on Sunday, 2001-01-28
>
>I've mentioned the US. Here are other countries with populations of
>more than 5 million who have not gone metric: Myanmar (Burma), North
>and South Yemen, Rwanda, Burundi and er, that's it. I wonder what the
>good people of Burundi know that we don't?
An excellent article. We need more articles like this one !
I have a question about the non-metrication of Rwanda and Burundi.
For a number of years (between 1925 and 1960) these countries have
been placed under Belgian administration by a UN mandate. In fact
they have been a province of the ex-Congo.
Congo is metric, of course. Why would Rwanda and Burundi have
abandoned metric units and returned to old, local units ?
Has somebody some information on that ?
And what about Yemen ?
Louis
