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----- Original Message -----
From: BigChimp
Sent: Monday, 2004-05-03 18:13
Subject: Burma and Liberia I think Rowlett answers the Burma-Liberia question on metrication very
well.
Euric
"What countries besides the U.S. have not adopted the metric
system?"
This question comes from U.S. students, who've been assigned by their teachers to find out. Many of the teachers think the answer is "Liberia and Burma" (make that Myanmar). Let's give Liberia and Myanmar a break! All countries have adopted the metric system, and most countries (if not the U.S.) have taken steps to eliminate most uses of traditional measurements. However, in all countries people still use traditional units sometimes, at least in colloquial expressions. Becoming metric is not a one-time event that has either happened or not. It is a process that happens over time. Every country is somewhere in this process of going metric, some much further along than others, but no country should forget its traditional units completely. At least, that's the philosophy of this dictionary! |
