Amy:
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Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:35267] Re: liberia and myanmar then on to UK and Barbados
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:34:12 +0000
>I agree (from a different perspective) with Phil here.
>I'm always perplexed when some organisations claim that "only US,
>etc etc is non-metric".
>This would mean that the "m" on British roads means metres (as
>'miles' don't exist in officially metric countries).
>However, don't stop at Britain! Most of the caribbean is still mixed
>or imperial dominant.
>I've just come back from Barbados where the mix is very strong.
>Smaller shops use lb/oz measuring devices whereas large supermarkets
>use metric at the counter but mixed at the loose stuff (likethe UK).
>Unlike the UK the roads are 'meant' to be metric. However no town
>has a distance sign (which is a right pain) and the site of km/h
>speed limits are fairly rare. However - privately made signs are a
>mix of mile, yard, km and m. My hire car was japanese and thus
>metric speedo and km milometer.
>What was quite strange was talking to a taxi driver who, despite his
>speedo being metric only (it was a japanese care), referred to all
>distances in miles (inluding a calypso style even tthat happens in
>bridgetown in March). I asked him how long he'd been a taxi driver -
>6 yrs. As far as I know Barbados roads have been 'metric' for ages.
>
>So in conclusion I have no idea why only 3 countries are quoted as
>being non-metric.
>
>
>>From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>>Subject: [USMA:35241] Re: liberia and myanmar
>>Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:41:45 -0000
>>
>>Dear Amy
>>
>>It's the term *offcially* metric that is the key here. I'm English
>>and live in the UK. My country is officially metric. However you
>>might not think so if you lived here too. Our road signs are still
>>imperial and there are no formal plans to change them (although
>>there is a long term obligation do so as a member state of the
>>European Union). The state owned broadcaster, the BBC, is very poor
>>at consistent metric usage and have no policy on the issue.
>>
>>I wish you the very best of luck with your research project Amy,
>>and as you have already begun to observe it isn't a simple matter.
>>
>>Regards
>>Phil Hall
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Wang"
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 3:02 AM
>>Subject: [USMA:35236] liberia and myanmar
>>
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I am a graduate student researching the status of the metric
>>>system in the U.S. for my thesis, and am hoping for some help. In
>>>many sources I've seen the statistic that only three countries in
>>>the world are not yet officially metric--the U.S., Liberia, and
>>>Myanmar. Yet when I looked quickly on the Lonely Planet travel
>>>guide online, it seems there are other spots that are not metric
>>>either, such as Aruba and Bermuda. They're not considered
>>>countries, but neither are they part of U.S./Liberia/Myanmar, so
>>>perhaps someone knows whether and where the original statement
>>>can be verified?
>>>
>>>Thank you!
>>>Amy.
>>>
>>>
>>
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