[USMA:26766] Re: Metric distance sign in USA

[Joseph B. Reid]

Stephen Gallagher wrote in USMA 26506;

 I'm puzzled by your reference to French Canadians. English
Canadians use
 metric too.

 You may be allowing yourself to be influenced by the practices of
some
 manufacturers. My Black and Decker electric lawnmower,
 for example, shows
 blade size in inches in English and in centimeters in French.
That frustrates me too.  Francophone Canadians are no more
familiar with metric than are anglophone Canadians.  Yet,
manufacturers seem to think that because one group speaks
French, they must use the same system as France.
Stephen Gallagher

I want to add my impression of the Canadian situation. Francophone 
Canadians are  no more familiar with the metric system than are 
anglophone Canadians, but they are favorable to the metric system 
since it was of Frecnh origin. Some anglopphone Canadians are hostile 
to the metric system since it was of French origin.



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