Stephen, we move in different circles. You are in rural Wales, I frequent the City of London. From your observations it would appear that where you live people are still way behind London. You cannot really state that something I said is pure fantasy, I am specifically and honestly stating that people in London DO refer to distances in metres and not in yards. I am not saying that everyone does, just that lately I have ONLY heard metres used and not yards at all.
I come from Wales, I live in the South East of England, 20 miles from London (North West of).
Even pro-metric folk that I talk to on another discussion forum admit that although 'metres' do get used they don't get used nearly as much as yards. I work in and around London - I rarely see or hear 'metres' - usually 'yards'
This is from work colleagues, TV, Radio, Newspapers, Friends and Family.
I can't remember of hand, but were you the poster who mentioned about 500ml "pints" ?
Also, the agency that I work through for the bank, when they sent me directions to their office, gave distances ONLY in metres. No yards mentioned at all.
Some places use yards some metres. None use km. I'm not sure why since most talk in terms of yards.
In this age of internet anyone here can simply "listen in" on local and national British radio stations to hear how people 'really' speak. Choose a "talky" station like BBC radio london or a "youth" station like BBC Radio 1 or capital fm.
I suggest people do that since I can not fabricate radio station websites - which I feel I'm being charged with.
