A while ago someone here mentioned noticing a National Geographic article on
the web using metric.  It looks like I have some more good news in that
direction.  My kids have started getting an NG "Explorer" magazine which is
not only using metric, but uses it first with imperial in parentheses.
Although often it's obvious the original source is imperial, the conversions
are clean, much like in Time magazine.  This magazine seems to be directed
at English-speaking audiences of the Pacific Rim, including Australia and
New Zealand.  However, the unit spellings are US English.

By pure coincidence I also visited a bookstore today, where I looked at a
couple of NG books.  Amazingly enough, both used metric.  One about space
used metric first, while the one about animal migrations, used metric in
parentheses.

So, have we had a change of management at NG, or are they finally facing the
reality that English speakers outside the States not only speak metric, they
prefer it?

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