I went out and bought a National Geographic magazine today, unfortunately there was no metric I could find in any article which is a pity. I wrote yet again to National Geographic to voice my disappointment. Maybe it's only on the web site articles?
Michael Payne On 19/11/2010, at 01:54 , Remek Kocz wrote: > 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?
