Hi ya. In the uk, we use both imperial and metric for different things. We use imperial for weight, height, and distance. The rest is metric. In shopping, it tells us both metric and imperial, so no confusion
@jamesportrais3946
Жыл бұрын
UK gen X here - I've no clue about Fahrenheit! I find Celsius far more logical.
@nigelleyland166
Жыл бұрын
You are not going to believe this, they standardised the metric system by measuring the distance from the North Pole to the Equator using the UK Imperial system and the dividing it by 10,000! Go figure!
@katydaniels508
Жыл бұрын
Video idea. When he mentioned standardising measurement it made me think of a great video called Why is Britain the Centre of the World. It’s about standardising time into the time zones we all have today 😁
@jamesportrais3946
Жыл бұрын
Yep - UK gen X, I was brought up with both metric and Imperial systems. What I find annoying is that the Americans decimalised the Imperial system! 0.375" instead of 3/8" As a result in my daily work I often have to mediate between 3 effectively differing measurement systems. Also, US gallons are less than UK gallons leading to the old urban myth concerning HP (horse power) as against BHP. The story goes that a veteran motoring enthusiast was asked by his wife the difference between HP & BHP to which he readily replied that "British Horse Power" was greater than horse power meaning that for any given rating, a British vehicle would be more powerful than its American or European counterparts. Utter nonsense of course - BHP stands for "brake horse power" by which an engine or vehicle is tested against a resistive load. Horse power is determined as _hp_ = Fd/t where F = force in lb (pounds), d = distance in feet, and t = time in minutes. Converting to SI units, 1 HP = 746 Watts Even more mind-bending was the RAC HP rating introduced 1 January 1910 in the UK for the purposes of "Vehicle Excise Duty": www.austin7.org/Other%20Articles/RAC%20HP%20Rating/#:~:text=All%20pre%2Dwar%20vehicles%20have,figure%20for%20brake%20horse%20power.
@kanaika1750
Жыл бұрын
Island Girl bless up uself mi hunni 😘
@Bridget410
Жыл бұрын
The UK uses both imperial and metric, although the EU tried to stop the use of imperial. Most people convert roughly between the two. Interestingly they do use a 'pound' in Germany. When I lived there I would shop at the local famers market. The first time I wanted some plums. I was trying to imagine how many would be in 1 kilo... the lady asked if I wanted 'Ein Pfund' (one pound) I said 'Ja bitte' (yes please). It turned out to be 500 grams or 1/2 kilo. A little more than a pound which is 454 grams but close enough.
@richardhargrave6082
Жыл бұрын
Here in the UK we have a mix Miles for distance, millimetres and fractions of mm for everything else. Pints and Litres, mixed up, but everyone understands We buy fuel for our cars in litres and measure the economy in Miles Per Gallon! (Which is different to a US Gallon) I'm an engineer, when I started 40 odd years ago, you had to learn both, but its all metric now, even American engineering companies tend to use metric. I think that became more prevalent after the Mars lander crash!
@chrisshelley3027
Жыл бұрын
It's very simple why the US keeps its customary units of measurement which are different to what the UK had, same names but slightly different numbers, it also uses Fahrenheit instead of Celsius and 12 hour time rather than the 24 hour time/clock, these are the ones I can think of right now, the reason why this is is quiet simple, these are measuring units and quite important in everyday life, you go somewhere that uses different methods and you will feel quite lost and it makes things scary not knowing basic numbers and time, its a good/evil way of stopping the people who live there from going outside of the boarders and seeing the world from a different perspective, some might even notice the lies they are being told.
@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS
Жыл бұрын
That’s said exactly what I was thinking. If you don’t know basic number your sure to feel lost.have a good one🥰
@xaverlustig3581
Жыл бұрын
Inertia is obviously a reason to keep whatever system you have, but that is true everywhere. In the rest of the world, they also had different systems, but they made a conscious decision to abandon those at one point, mostly in the 19th century. So our great great great grandparents risked adopting unfamiliar units, and all the generations after them have been reaping the benefits.
@da90sReAlvloc
Жыл бұрын
Great video island girl, I actually prefer the metric system, Great video island girl. Great reaction. You should react to a video. The rise of great powers episode 2. The rise of the British empire, You and you're family stay safe
@chrissimpson1183
Жыл бұрын
I will never use the metric system.
@joaorafael2049
Жыл бұрын
You already use it 😂
@chrissimpson1183
Жыл бұрын
Nope I will not use it ever..
@AlexTheGerman
Жыл бұрын
I apologize but that is a weird statement since also in your country, medicine comes in dosis of milligrams etc and I am 100% sure that your currency is metric: Both the US Dollar and the British Pound are based on fractions of 100: See, regardless of the fact if you like it or not, you ARE already using the metric system.
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