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Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by mb7733 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @08:06AM (#36505218)
> In how many G20 members does the average person make significant, regular use of non-metric measurements in their daily life? To the best of my knowledge, the answer is "only two" (US and UK), and for the US that usage is significantly more than the UK.

Canada as well. Usually I'd assume no one cares but you did say G20.

Re:Every South Korean turns a year younger by skissane on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @08:30AM (#36505434)
Yes, I forgot about Canada.

So I’d break it down like this: of the 19 countries directly in the G20 (so not counting those only indirectly in it via the EU’s membership) - 1 has high degree of everyday use of non-metric measurements (US), 16 have low, and the other two are in-between, we might say medium (UK and Canada). That leaves 80% of the G20 in the “low everyday use of non-metric measurements category”.

Unlike the UK, Canada uses kilometres rather than miles for roads, so in that regard is more metric than the UK. Although I’ve also heard that some Canadians do crazy things like use Celsius to measure room temperatures but Fahrenheit to measure oven temperatures.