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Map of Nations that don't use The Metric System

Posted By: whiteshark
Here's A Map Of Nations That Don't Use The Metric System
    Posted By Olivier Olivier | 10 months ago

    Only five countries don't have the metric system including the US...maybe it is time US got caught up with the world.

    Posted By MrAnon MrAnon | 10 months ago

    The Brit's don't care for the Frenchy metric system either, and I don't blame them. Thats my 1/2 a shillings worth at least

    Reply By bazbaker bazbaker | 10 months ago

    Dear MrAnon,


    1/2 shilling?


    that's sixpence  idiot!!

    Posted By steve steve | 10 months ago

    Only 3 countries: Liberia, Myanmar & the US

    Posted By mikeybikey mikeybikey | 10 months ago

    Yes, and there's Canada.  It's 10C outside, but I cook chicken at 250F, the news says we got 2.5 cm of snow, but my friends say "1 inch," if I ask directions I'm as likely to be told kilometers as miles, we use 8.5 by 11 inch paper, but my gas is sold by the litre...

    Reply By mikeybikey mikeybikey | 10 months ago

    ..and, of course, we blame it on the Americans!

    Posted By bazbaker bazbaker | 10 months ago

    In the U.K. it's still pints of beer.and miles per hour,also ounces of gold + grass,


    and six-feet tall!


    And still no Euros.


     And in horse racing ,they must run a few furlongs to win the 1,000 guineas .


    All very metric!!


                Baz from Brighton

    Posted By hunter152 hunter152 | 10 months ago

    Oliver its 4 countries alaska isnt a country its a state owned by America i think the imperial system is getting to you guys

    Posted By rebeltech81 rebeltech81 | 10 months ago

    My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!

    Posted By maestro maestro | 10 months ago

    Malaysia, the one just below Thailand, officially uses the metric system but the old ways never go away. Why should it when it's good business, especially in regards to weights and measures. You see, over here the traders rip off the people by using low tech balances to weigh stuff. And they use local units of measurement for trading. Of course, there are modern machines to do this but like I said, what for?

    Posted By tmatthews tmatthews | 10 months ago

    You can't say the UK is metric, just yet. Distances are still sadly in imperial units (miles). Other than that, the UK is mostly metric.

    Posted By Pacman36 Pacman36 | 10 months ago

    hunter152, correct me if I'm wrong, but Hawaii is also an American state, so it's only 3 countries.


    As Wikipedia (fountain of all knowledge) says: "Three nations have not officially adopted the International System of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement: Liberia, Myanmar and the United States."

    Posted By peterk peterk | 5 months ago
    somebody seems to have forgotten that the UK (parent and educator to the USA) still has the imperial system for everything, and not the bloody froggy metric

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