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by seanbarry
1481 days ago
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I was born in and have lived in the UK for my entire life.
Although this document correctly asserts that we use imperial units in certain use-cases, my anecdotal experience is that I don’t really understand those units at all.
When I buy milk, I know roughly how much “2 pints” is, and I know roughly how long it will last me.
Similarly, when I see a distance in miles I mentally multiply it by 1.6 to roughly estimate what the distance is in kilometres.
When people ask my height, I often give it in both feet/inches and centimetres, but the former means nothing to me. It’s just some words I’ve memorised that directly translate to my height.
My point is - I see a divide in the UK. I was born after 1990 and I think many others like me have a similar relationship with imperial units - they don’t “think” in them or understand them at all.
It’s my parent’s generation who seem to understand and think in imperial units. |
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