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> As Canadians we typically measure our height and weight in ft and lbs. But temperature in celsius and travel distances and speeds in kilometres and km/h. Except for cooking/recipes, where oven temperature is measured in fahrenheit and we have to deal with recipes with cups and ounces and so on. ... But recipes are also often in litres and grams. So...

These statements always amuse me, as someone who grew up in a purely metric culture. I always wondered: do you ever get confused when talking in so many similar but different units, or is it second nature?

[dcminter]

Brit here. Second nature. It's either clear from context ("doing 70 in a 40" -> mph) or you instinctively make the units explicit. Metric is better though ;)

[cmrdporcupine]

Confused, yes.

Especially since we are taught metric exclusively in school. But then get into the real world or deal with "adults" and find so many things in imperial.

[Fire-Dragon-DoL]

As an immigrant to canada, doing the conversion in mind is PITA (I used metric system my whole life)

The most annoying thing inside homes is that everything is tuned for metric system. So you end up with things like xxx37cm, so annoying to line up.