----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 6:16 PM Subject: [USMA:21915] Re: question
> 2002-08-25 > > There are none. Old and obsolete information states Burma (Myanmar) and > Liberia are not metric, but information from people who have visited these > countries states otherwise. Both countries are very poor, with Liberia > presently and for a long time in the midst of a civil war. Goods and > services entering these countries comes from neighbouring countries which > are 100 % metric, thus even if these countries never made an official > commitment, they have changed none the less. > > No country is 100 % metric, just like the US is not 100 % FFU. There is > some degree of non-metric use in all countries, but the amount is minimal. > Older unit names still persist in many countries, but they have been > standardised to rational metric values, (such as 1 pound being equal to 500 > g) and are strictly used in slang speech. this is wrong, e.g. in Germany only old people use pound! in former USSR a pound has never existed! > No device exists to measure these old units. For example, if an Australian asks for a pound of ham at the > deli counter, the attendant will weigh out 500 g on a pure metric scale, > price it at 500 g and as far as the store is concerned only a metric amount > was vended. The customer who has no clue as to what a pound is, just the > use of the name, does not feel cheated if he/she did not get exactly what he > asked for based on the American concept of a pound, that is 454 g. > > I hope this answered your question. > > John > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terri E Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 2002-08-25 10:37 > Subject: [USMA:21914] question > > > > Trying to find information for a class project - need to know name of two > > countries - not including the U.S. - who do NOT use the metric system. > > Thanks to anyone who can help. > > terri > > >
