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Will you switch to the Metric System? (lemm.ee)
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Hello from Europa πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ’ͺπŸ»πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ :)

Afaik you are using both Imperial (inbe4 us-americans think its the american Imperium x_x) and Metric?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What size is a Canadian glass of beer? A British pint (568ml) or even fraction thereof, the same but with an American pint (about 470ml), or an even number of decilitres as in continental Europe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I can order a pint of beer or a 12oz glass of wine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Generally, we use imperial, not US customary units, though there are exceptions. Weights and Measures act has a pint at 568ml, but I swear I've also seen both us pints and 5dL depending on country of origin.

It's a mess of mixed units all over the place, some by proxy, other by legacy.