Title: Re: [USMA:35247] Re: Liberia and Myanmar
on 2005-11-20 02.47, Amy Wang at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thank you for your responses. To clarify some confusion regarding the
> question, I mean to ask what Phil suggested--which countries are not
> primarily using the metric system--since officially, the metric
> system has been legal in the U.S. in 1866. I have seen the links
> included in the emails, and what I am looking for is the organization
> that did the survey to say only three countries are not yet
> predominantly metric (by the way Myanmar is in Southeast Asia near
> Thailand, formerly known as Burma). The survey results are quoted
> often, but the source remains a mystery to me...Any ideas?
>
Dear Amy,
Russ Rowlett may be able to help you with this source. On his web page at: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/ he has this Q and A:
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What countries besides the U.S. have not adopted the metric system?
Many U.S. 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, including the U.S., and most countries (but not the U.S.) have taken steps to eliminate most uses of traditional measurements. However, in nearly 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.
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Russ Rowlett is the Director of the Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin LCAMS
Geelong, Australia
61 3 5241 2008
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.metricationmatters.com
LCAMS means that Pat Naughtin has been recognised as a 'Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist' with the United States Metric Association.
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