Don Pearce wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:53:37 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
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In Britain they will still refer to people, fat people especially as
being "so many stone". And they used a lot of units we never did in
daily matters.
Not just fat people - "seven stone weakling" is a not-unknown
expression.
We mix our units much more than that. Take temperatures - if it is
near freezing we use Centigrade, when it is hot we use Fahrenheit.
(excluding the US and Canada) and Japan, drive on the wrong side of
the road, AS COMPARED TO_EVERYWHERE_. Sorry, but THAT is weird. The
It's not the wrong side, it's the left side (-:.
UK, Australia, New Zealand, India. All left side (proper side)
drivers.
Add Japan and most of Africa (Where the drivers don't just stick to the
ruts, which normally match the track of a Land Rover.
Currently, the split is about 50/50 in terms of the number of countries
which drive on which side.
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Tciao for Now!
John.