On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 10:05:20AM -0000, Keith Watson wrote:
Well? English is a (sort of) German dialect and our current sovereign's family also originally hails from that part of the world. So traditionally we English have always had a penchant for things German, anyway it was good enough for my grandparents, it's good enough for me. :o)
Heh, ah well, fair enough ;)
Notwithstanding that my German acquaintances all use SI units (e.g. metres, litres, Celsius, etc.).
And Euros! Don't forget the Euros!
Apparently we're supposed to work in SI units, next to go on the list is Miles, but hey, that can wait for a bit, there's far too many signs to change for that ;)
Yeah, depressing isn't it?
Nah, depressing would be to claim that SI units are more accurate than the imperial counterparts, which is blatently untrue. (*winks* at quinophex).
<nostalgia-alert>If you ask me the rot set in when we dispensed with good old shillings and pence.</nostalgia-alert>
I missed that bit, see, being a mere youngster... I remember half pence pieces though, they where fun :)
Cheers,