USA should have switched to metric just because they are pals with France.
this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024
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To be fair - makes fun of them for being the only one that still uses it
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I still use inches, but I've switched to using sixtieths of an inch as the only subdivision.
1-45/60" is what boring people call 1-3/4"
Are there really Britons doing this? I lived there from birth until just shy of my 30th and I've never witnessed it. I've seen plenty of people make fun of Americans for getting the British flag wrong, though, I'm suddenly reminded.
No, not at all. My best guess is that the OP is confused with mainland Europe, who actually do use metric a lot more... the UK uses a mix of imperial and metric.