We always have to remember that some of these guys grew up in feet an inches (especially in Canada) and its very hard to break old habits. Now if the guy was say under 30 (maybe even under 40) Id have a bigger issue.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 12:32 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52926] Re: Bad sign re: Canada and metrication Ezra. I share your sentiment. I watch the BBC and Al Jazeera news on TV nearly every day. Al Jazeera typically gives reports using SI units but every now and then some reporter gives a measurement in feet for some odd reason. The BBC seems to be rather haphazard when it comes to measurements; sometimes meters, sometimes feet. David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 ----- Message from [email protected] --------- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:46:37 +0000 (UTC) From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:52925] Bad sign re: Canada and metrication To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > I was listening to "As It Happens" from the CBC last night. A French > Canadian marine biologist was being interviewed about a whale > constrained by a crab pot that they were trying to free. > > When asked how big the crab pot was, he unreservedly used "feet" > instead of "meters". :-( > > After all these years of metrication and even with the influence of > the metric used in French TV shows, magazines, etc. which abound in > Quebec, this guys still used "feet". > > Maybe he was translating from "meters" since he was on the English > language radio network, but it still is a sad reminder of the bad > influence of the USA on Canada when it comes to metric usage. > > Ezra > ----- End message from [email protected] -----
