----- Original Message ----- From: "Roz Denny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2001-04-21 10:53 Subject: Ecuador and Peru > Hiya, > I've been lambasted by an American food writer living in the UK re. > countries which still use Imperial measures. Like all these situations, it's > a long story prompted I think by a drop of professional jealousy. She claims > that by including Burma (or whatever it is called now) in my reference to > countries still using these outdated measures, I am somehow allaying > repressive regimes to Imperial units. And did I know that the Nazis produced > their cookbooks in metric (um, not surprizing as Germany wenr metric in > 1832, I replied). > Anyway, she's now claiming Ecuador and Peru are still Imperial. Is that so? > I'm incredulous. A Colombian friend laughed and said, all Spanish origin > countries were metric - but I know no-one from these countries to double > check. > Can you shed light? > Most grateful. > > Roz Denny >
