That is the situation in the UK as well. Hospitals record a baby’s weight in grams, but the midwife converts to pounds and ounces for the benefit of the mother (and granny). There are some exceptions – for example here: http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/tributes-to-metric-martyr-1-1115077 . About a third of the way down the page, the deceased’s friend is quoted as saying "If babies' weights were announced in grammes most people wouldn't know whether the baby was the size of a small tomato or a premature hippopotamus."
Another exception was a friend of ours who lives down the road and who became a grandmother last week – her son and daughter-in-law live in the Netherlands. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carleton MacDonald Sent: 26 August 2014 04:28 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54337] Re: Canada's Wonderland That’s so the grandmothers and grandfathers can compare the new baby to ones that came prior, I’ve heard. Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 23:13 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: USMA Subject: [USMA:54336] Re: Canada's Wonderland That last bit is not too surprising since I seem to recall someone (Pat Naughtin?) mentioning that even in Australia one of the last Imperial measurements to disappear was a person's height. _____ From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> To: "Ezra, Steinberg" <[email protected]>, "USMA" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 6:20:21 PM Subject: Re: [USMA:54332] Re: Canada's Wonderland "Vehicle speeds" should probably be amended to all highway signs. Distances, overhead clearances, etc are all metric. But a lot of Canadians apparently use inches and pounds for personal height and weight. _____ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: USMA <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 8:31 PM Subject: [USMA:54332] Re: Canada's Wonderland Probably because Canada is only a "supposedly" metric country. ;-) Canada does very well with temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, longer distances and vehicle speeds. Other areas of Canadian life (as far as I can tell from down here in the USA) are all over the map when it comes to metric vs. Imperial. _____ From: "Michael Payne" <[email protected]> To: "USMA" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 10:07:19 PM Subject: [USMA:54331] Canada's Wonderland Amazingly Canada’s wonderland has height restrictions in inches only, which I find amazing for a supposedly metric country https://www.canadaswonderland.com/uploads/downloads/2012%20Rider%20Height%20Guide.pdf Mike Payne
