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Countries pictured
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Countries pictured are Liberia, Myanmar and the United States of America 76.194.209.59
- WHAT ABOUT UK? —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.88.185.111 (talk) 00:44, 18 August 2013 (UTC) (UTC)
- What about it? Are you claiming that the UK has not adopted the Metric system? Every country on earth except Liberia, Myanmar and the United States of America has adopted the Metric system. --76.194.211.21 07:28, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
- In the UK, the 'stone' is a valid measure of weight. I don't think that is the metric system. Likewise, in the USA, we use the metric system sometimes -- my medication, for example, is measured in milligrams. This map is misleading.PStrait (talk) 03:05, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
The metric system certainly doesn't exist for many things, obviously with most time units, but also shoe sizes, heating on cookers, weighing potatoes, and most fruit and veg, buying milk, beer, servings of alcohol, angles. We also create non-metric units like "truckload", "cup", "saucer", "tablespoon" and so on. 81.155.179.226 15:39, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
What is this map based on?
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Is this map based off anecdotal evidence? The metric system is certainly used in the US - albeit only in certain circumstances (liters of soda, scientific work). Magog the Ogre (talk) 12:24, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
- Burma, Liberia, and the US - The nations that, according to the CIA factbook, have not adopted the International System of Units (SIem of weights and measures. See https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-g.html Josh Parris (talk) 07:41, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
THE UK?!
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THE MAP HAS MISSED OUT THE UK COMPLETELY --188.79.82.237 19:50, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
