At 10:35 AM 1/29/2002 -0500, Joseph B. Reid wrote: >I have reported on this subject some time ago. The use of metric has been >legal in Burma (Myanmar) since 1920. Three systems of measures are in use: >Burmese, imperial, and metric. Travellers have reported metric speed limit >and distance signs on the road from Rangoon to its airport. > >I was unable to find the legal situation in Liberia. However, the >government seems to still function is inch/pound while commerce is largely >metric due to trade with surrounding countries.
Thanks for the info -- I knew it had been discussed before. Sounds to me like calling America the only country "of note" that is not metric is technically accurate, but calling it the "only country" that is not metric is reasonably correct. Jim
