[USMA:27297] Re: Measurement schizophrenia creates havoc

[CarletonM]

In a message dated 2003-10-26 13:21:41 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Myanmar (then Burma) made the use of the metric system optional in 1920.  Travellers in Myanmar report that the road from Rangoon (now Yangon) to its airport has distance signs in kilometres.  It is likely that small traders use their old Burmese measures rather than inch/pound. Still Burma.  The military dictatorship that denied Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kui's election over 10 years ago (and have kept her under house arrest or worse ever since) renamed it "Myanmar".  Since few countries recognize this government, likewise, few recognize the name change.   cm