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Do think BJ is desperate if bringing back imperial is his next plan...

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SamBeckettslastleap · 28/05/2022 20:49

Johnson to reportedly bring back imperial measures to mark platinum jubilee

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IcedPurple · 31/05/2022 20:19

cakeorwine · 31/05/2022 20:16

But they don't need to know all that in their everyday lives, do they

But this is what this is about. Johnson wants traders to have the chance to JUST use Imperial. Which means that if traders do that, then they would have to use it in their everyday lives.

I think BJ's idea is ridiculous but I was responding to the poster who said "Barely anyone under the age of 45 possibly even 50 understands imperial now." I think it's still the preferred system even for those well under the age of 45. I agree that most wouldn't be able to do much beyond basic calculations in that system, but for everyday purposes, most British people seem to be more comfortable with imperial than with metric.

Alexandra2001 · 31/05/2022 20:43

IcedPurple · 31/05/2022 19:29

Then you're unusual.

The vast majority of Brits, including those under 45, are quite familiar with miles, stones and pints, and will often prefer them to their imperial equivalents.

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On a very superficial level, i agree, just as they are happy to buy fuel or oil in litres Most building materials seem to be sold in metric, our local timber merchant sells 100x50 in lengths from 1.2 to 4.8m, not 4 by 2 and 3feet to 15ft and 12 inchs.

How many could tell you how many fl oz to pint or how many yards in mile? or could read an imperial ruler?

"Most" people with a reasonable education know a litre is a 1000ml or kilometer is 1000 meters and understand perfectly a ruler and how it is divided.

Dread to think how the vaccine roll out would have worked out with doses in minims!

Kendodd · 31/05/2022 20:49

Sometimes supermarket fruit and veg packaging has no weights on them though. A bag of carrots might be 40p with no price per kg printed on the pack. Next to that will be loose carrots with a price per kg and you can't compare price because of this. I get annoyed enough when they have one product £ per kg and another £ per gram and this is a really simple calculation to make to compare. I will be proper pissed off if the start adding imperial numbers as well. And if they start mixing metric and imperial in industry, that just seems a recipe for disaster.

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