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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by cyxxon on Friday November 16, 2018 @06:25PM (#18472798)
In case you are not joking... in metric countries we still say the same sentences you say, with miles and inches. That doesn't mean we use the olde units to actually measure something...
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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by krupan on Friday November 16, 2018 @06:41PM (#18472878)
Well, then you are welcome for us keeping the more poetic units alive and meaningful.
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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by ethelward on Friday November 16, 2018 @07:37PM (#18473119)
Sorry, but no. They are just our old units that stuck in everyday language. They are probably not even closer to yours than yours are to antique Egypt ones, given that they were not internationally standardized and merely referenced the same body parts.

And we have expressions including other old units that you don't have (lieu, arpent, toise, etc.).

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by rivp931 on Saturday November 17, 2018 @08:00AM (#18475358)
Not really --- in some languages these sayings actually are already in metric units. The SI system is by now over hundred years old, so just by waiting probably will upgrade unit system also there.
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