Han Maenen wrote: >In Newcastle I saw how Pizza Hut is advertising a very large >pizza in Britain, called the New Yorker, and its size was given >in large letters as "16 INCHES".
Unfortunately the default is still inches for pizzas in the UK. I was pleasantly surprised to see one company selling straight pizzas by the metre. http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/info_restaurant_7085.html Burgers are still marketed as 'quarter pounder' etc. However I noticed in Burger King that the big boards at the counter have a footnote indicating that this means X grams uncooked weight. >Some indications would do the BWMA proud, worthy of the Inch Perfect >Award, like the 14'6'' vehicle height indication in buses near the >drivers' seat, others would earn the Metrickery Award. The imperial height indication is mandatory on UK vehicles higher than 3 metres. Metric is only optional. See: www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1997/97053001.htm >A head room indication at Newcastle Central Station would >certainly earn the wrath of the BWMA and the UKIP as it was in metric >only and might one day draw the attention of ARM. Yes. It is increasingly common for private height indications in the UK to be metric only. Anti-metric action has been limited to signs erected at public expense, perhaps this is a policy decision because a private court case would not look good.
