Interesting. UK is also weird: food is weighed in metric units, people in imperial; Drinks bought in supermarkets are measured in metric, pubs use imperial (by law in both cases, IIRC); Distances on signs can be meters or miles, both initialised as “m” (context being the only clue); fuel is sold by the litre, fuel efficiency is miles per gallon.
Well there is a tendency to still use Fahrenheit during summer like "it's in the 80s", and "it's in the 90s" this month, but most use Celcius for winters when it gets below freezing. There must be a grey area in the 50s and 60s F. Both approaches often seen in headlines. :)
don't some parts of Europe also use decilitres for beverage packaging? I've seen bottles that are like "75dl", and it took me a few minutes to clue in.
That would be centiliters, for example, wine is most commonly sold in 75cl bottles. Millilitres is also a common unit for smaller quantities in e.g. cosmetics.
I'm in the US and although I spent some time in Canada I am for the most part not used to seeing the metric system used day to day. My metric system knowledge basically is what I remember from elementary and middle school.
