Even the “factual” sources have facts that are incorrect. I’m appalled by some of the journalism on this subject.
The various units used by the British (and everyone else) didn’t have different meanings, they had different values. A pound was not a pound the world around. A mile distance was different in various areas of the country. The US does not use the imperial system, Myanmar is moving to metric. I was in Myanmar many years ago, 2012 and the taxi driver had his height in centimetres on his driving or taxi permit. The “metric martyr” did not get convicted for using imperial measures, he got convicted for using scales to weigh produce that had not been certified as accurate. The scale that had the certification was not used. Mike Payne France > On 18 Sep 2021, at 04:47, Peter Goodyear <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, everyone, > > Boris Johnson has raised a storm with the suggestion that Imperial > measurements may be re-introduced to the UK for retail trade. Here is a list > of news stories, divided into Factual (stating the facts, and in some cases > explaining what Imperial measurements are,) Skeptical, and Anti-metric. > > As some of the articles originating in the UK have explanations of what the > Imperial system of weights and measures is, it suggests that their readership > is not familiar with them, so why is there this perceived need to reintroduce > Imperial? > > A lot of the comments, especially from the metric supporters, are hilarious. > > This list has been posted to Reddit and any comments will be here: > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FMetric%2Fcomments%2Fpqcp01%2Fmore_news_on_the_proposed_british_return_to%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cdff16b6e7f6049d9cb4908d97b32c209%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637676280939920270%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=OWDQT2xL8A1T4wZeOdFelLI75QaEUbAvt3aIK3n1L0M%3D&reserved=0 > > <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FMetric%2Fcomments%2Fpqcp01%2Fmore_news_on_the_proposed_british_return_to%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cdff16b6e7f6049d9cb4908d97b32c209%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637676280939920270%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=OWDQT2xL8A1T4wZeOdFelLI75QaEUbAvt3aIK3n1L0M%3D&reserved=0> > > > > Best wishes, > > Peter Goodyear, > > Melbourne, Australia > e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > Factual > > National Public Radio, USA 2021-09-16 > > The U.K. Left The EU, And Now It’s Inching Away From The Metric System Too > > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwskg.org%2Fnpr_story_post%2Fthe-u-k-left-the-eu-and-now-its-inching-away-from-the-metric-system-too%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cdff16b6e7f6049d9cb4908d97b32c209%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637676280939920270%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=giMrR3dNbQMPGKpUxWvxRVV%2FSKr2iSpu%2FmZ0C4iMXLY%3D&reserved=0 > > <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwskg.org%2Fnpr_story_post%2Fthe-u-k-left-the-eu-and-now-its-inching-away-from-the-metric-system-too%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cdff16b6e7f6049d9cb4908d97b32c209%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637676280939920270%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=giMrR3dNbQMPGKpUxWvxRVV%2FSKr2iSpu%2FmZ0C4iMXLY%3D&reserved=0> > > Wales Online 2021-09-17 > > What's the difference between imperial and metric? 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People from their > mid-fifties down only know this system of measurement. What a ridiculous > waste of human energy this government is > > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhannahfearn%2Fstatus%2F1438625285319053318%3Fs%3D20&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cdff16b6e7f6049d9cb4908d97b32c209%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637676280939940182%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=nwlCLMMJ2TX3lH6DQemen7Z%2BwbRIXIpWTPC9Hs8K6l8%3D&reserved=0 > > <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhannahfearn%2Fstatus%2F1438625285319053318%3Fs%3D20&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cdff16b6e7f6049d9cb4908d97b32c209%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637676280939940182%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=nwlCLMMJ2TX3lH6DQemen7Z%2BwbRIXIpWTPC9Hs8K6l8%3D&reserved=0> > > The National (A Scottish Independence newspaper) 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for supermarket shoppers with imperial weights and > measures to return – how it works (Language in the article suggests this is a > fait accompli. 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