How to measure like a Brit

Over on r/GreatBritishMemes, a user named *checks notes* u/GreatBritishMemes shared this handy guide to UK measures.

That checks out. Reddit users – Brits and non-Brits – had some thoughts.

Fuel: bought in litres, its economy measured in miles per gallon
Old track

I think you’ll find fuel is measured in pounds. As in “I put 20 quid in the car.” The only exception is “I filled her up. “
CCGamesSteve

Distance. Are you measuring feet? Barleycorns.
ChemistryDeep

It looks so ridiculous written down but we just do it without thinking. It just feels right.
Magicmango2104

I think we’re just too tight fisted to rewrite all the road signs.
TheDaemonette

Olympic swimming pools for volume and football pitches for area
Berny2345

For geographic comparisons there’s ‘the size of Wales’.
FillingUpTheDatabase

Road signs are still in yards.
D4M4nD3m

We often measure distance in time.

“How far is London?”
“About two hours away by car”
laggyteabag

Tons are the worst, because that can mean either 907kgs (short ton), 1000kgs (metric tonne), or 1016kgs (long ton) and noone ever bothers to specify which one they’re using
ConceptOfHappiness

Can anyone explain why backpacks are measured in litres? I’ve never known anyone to fill one with a liquid.
MaintenanceInternal

Under temperature:

Is it warm out?

No-> Celsius

Yes-> Are you Daily Mail reader?

Yes-> Fahrenheit

No-> Celsius
Purrcthrowa

All the serious stuff like engineering and manufacturing is all done in metric.

It’s only when we jump in a car to go up a motorway we inexplicably turn into old fashioned milk-maids that can’t understand Kilometres.
Informal-Milkmaid

Are you measuring horses? Yes – hands.
MaintenanceInternal

Are you paying for them? Guineas.
Polar_poop

Are you racing them? Furlongs.
DieselSpillage

Sensitive-warthog3404 looked on the bright side.

We may not be multi-lingual, but by god we’re multi- err, measurable

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