[WikiEN-l] Re: Announcing a policy proposal

Tue May 17 17:27:59 UTC 2005

Speaking of explosives, should we talk of chemical measures in terms of
moles (units consisting of a certain number of molecules, the number of
which has slipped my mind at this moment)?

On Mon, 16 May 2005, Tony Sidaway wrote:

> Delirium said:
> >>
> > Miles are still used in both the United States and UK, which between
> > them count for a pretty large proportion of the English-speaking world.
>
> In the UK this is only for "folk" uses such as pints of beer and road
> signs.  I believe all scientific and engineering ventures switched to SI
> long ago, and nearly all commercial institutions (aforementioned pints of
> beer excluded, for instance) are required to use metric measure although
> they are also permitted to provide equivalent ounces, pounds, stones and
> whatnot.  They sell orange juice in liters, butter by the kilogram, cloth
> by the meter.  Liquor is sold in metric measure, so in a pub you get a
> pint of beer but a 35 ml measure of brandy, and a 200ml glass of wine.
>
> Road signs haven't switched because it would be very difficult and
> dangerous as well as politically explosive.
>
>
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