really weird, I can't even imagine "French" speaking non-metric it's like Germans w/o Sauerkraut :-D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen C. Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 2:42 AM Subject: [USMA:22315] Re: questions to canadians
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: September 23, 2002 02:17 > Subject: [USMA:22297] Re: questions to canadians > > > > This is its English speaking heritage that supports and maintains am/pm > and > > ifp in Canada. The fact that Quebec uses 24 hout format and also seems to > be > > more metric is proof of that. > > What's funny is that I don't see Quebec being more > metric than the rest of Canada. Manufacturers often > print labels with ifp on the English side, and SI on > the French side, but in reality Quebecers use > feet, inches and pounds, as much as all other > Canadians. > > Stephen Gallagher >
