As an added thought, Tom's observation below raises the hope that, once the UK finally converts road signs to metric, their metric usage will rise both in private conversation and in the media.
Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 5:47 AM Subject: [USMA:36067] Re: Fw: [ireland.com #111934] Metric usage in weather reports <snip> > Wind speed used be shown in MPH, but that changed shortly after the road > speeds (the TV weather broadcasts also changed). <snip>
