Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups?
Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 months agoBlame the French and British, we got it from them!
Like 99% of the world, the French and British long ago managed to overcome the imperial system. Actually, the French spearheaded the metric world.
America just failed, time and again, to follow the times.
FleetingTit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The british didn’t quite overcome the old ways of measuring. They still use miles, pints, stone, and so on.
Companies just need to print the metric amount on the box as well.
letsgo@lemm.ee 7 months ago
We like mixing them up too. Tyres are measured using three numbers, two of which are in mm, the other (wheel diameter) is in inches.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not completely, agreed, but they are miles ahead of the Americans. :-)