US English: Liter, meter and so on
Brittish English: Litre, metre and so on.
I'm going with US English here.

SOME COMPARISONS FROM THE U.S AND METRIC MEASUREMENT-SYSTEMS


Length Comparison: 1 meter is 1.09 yards

SI (metric) system
1 meter = 100 centimeters = 1000 milimeters (1 kilometer = 1000 meters)

U.S. system
1 mile = 8 furlong = 1760 yards = 5280 foot = 63360 inches
Or: 1 yeard = 3 feet = 36 inches

My length in metric: 1.75m or 175cm
My length in U.S: 5.7414698 ft. So I thought my length with that system would be 5ft 7in then since that's the most logical. Upon looking I see that 1ft is strangely enough the odd number of 12 inches. Hm... No idea how tall I would say I am to be honest.



Weight Comparison: 1 kg is 2.2 lb

Metric system
1 kilogram = 1,000 grams = 1,000,000 milligrams

U.S. system
1 pound = 16 ounce = 256 dram

My weight in metric: 75,5kg's
My weight in U.S: 166.44901 pounds. Wich is clearly not 166 pounds 4 ounces... Same as for length. But I hear people talk about "stones" too. 1 stone = 14 pounds... Oh no... Not another one! I give up again. Next!



Temperatures

SI (metric) system
Boiling point = 100 Celsius, Freezing point = 0 Celsius

U.S. system
Boiling point = 212 Fahrenheit, Freezing point = 32 Fahrenheit

Here I just go: "Eh? Why 212 and 32?"



Volume Comparison: 1 liter is 1.05 quart

SI (metric) system
1 liter = 10 deciliters = 100 centiliters

U.S. system
1 gallon = 4 quart = 8 pint = 32 gill

Hm.. 1 gallon is 4 shares of quarts, but 1 quart is only 2 pints. 1 pint is then 4 shares again, of gills...




Conclusion : And you wonder why us metric-users can't keep track of your U.S system. You just don't have any order in it. No logic.

Makes perfect sense to those of us who were born into it. Just like the Metric system makes sense to you weirdos.

5.741 ft (rounded for ease to 5.75 ft) (look at the decimal as 'tenths')

So basically, 5 feet and one 3/4 foot. So you are about 5'9".

Same with weight. Round up to 166.5 lbs. (or 166 and a half lbs.)

Unless you really need accuracy to the thousandths, there's no need to work with all of those decimal places.

I agree with you that the U.S. system is a little awkward in the world system, but all measurement systems are basically arbitrary. I mean "stones?" lol

I know the "foot" (at least this is the story I was told) was originally determined by measuring the King's foot (which King I can't remember).

lol Rokurgepta

mess_ion_ic - I see that you know what I mean. Being used to a system where the steps is like 10, 100, 1000 and so forth all over, it's really weird trying to set the mind to steps being like 1. 16, 256 for weight and 1, 3, 36 for height and 1, 4, 8, 32 for volume, and so on.

Lets discuss your silly temperatures. A hot day for you is like 30 - 35 degrees while freezing is 0. Thats not much wiggle room. Our system allows for more degrees to fit between cold and hot. Like when I go to visit Americas Hat(Canada) they tell you its 22 degrees out and I was thinking seems a lot warmer. Then i realized they use that silly system too. The only time I like Metric is for weight, by only weighing myself in Kilos I lost almost half my weight and no diet.

We go to minus here too, but when we go minus it is really really cold out, while you guys go minus and it is not even the temperature of the average freezer yet. Sounds pretty weak to me.

Maybe they had to come up with such a simple system for a reason, not that I am implying anything.

hey! im british and i gotta say looking thru that ours seems so much easier... seen as its in basic numbers...

what is up with 212 farenheight or w/e bit of a random nubmer for something so simple doesn't it?

Yes it does seem simpler, I wonder why they had to make such a simple system?