Last Remnants of Imperial Measurement
Australia. Home of utterly confusing social rules.
We're a metric country. Extremely metric - we switched over 40 years ago, and good luck getting half the population to admit they even know all the names of the old measurements.
However, there are just a few tatters still holding on...
You can still buy a pint of beer. However, most places around here you buy a schooner, instead. It's a glass name, which is a crazy-filled jargon over here.
Athlete heights are still in feet and inches, especially if the commentator is old. Unless they're over 2 metres, when every centimetre over is proudly noted.
Newborn babies are reported in pounds and ounces, and cm of length. However, young people are functionally unable to tell you how much that baby's absolute weight is in a real measurement, only whether it's a big or small baby.
We're a metric country. Extremely metric - we switched over 40 years ago, and good luck getting half the population to admit they even know all the names of the old measurements.
However, there are just a few tatters still holding on...
You can still buy a pint of beer. However, most places around here you buy a schooner, instead. It's a glass name, which is a crazy-filled jargon over here.
Athlete heights are still in feet and inches, especially if the commentator is old. Unless they're over 2 metres, when every centimetre over is proudly noted.
Newborn babies are reported in pounds and ounces, and cm of length. However, young people are functionally unable to tell you how much that baby's absolute weight is in a real measurement, only whether it's a big or small baby.