Giusi wrote:
> "Brian Christiansen" ha scritto nel messaggio

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> Saying that US folks resist because they don't want to be told what to do is
> facile and egocentric. Everyone else changed, we couldn't or wouldn't and I
> listened to all the excuses. Quietly most of US industry did change over
> because otherwise they couldn't sell their products.
>
> In the kitchen, students are blown away with how much cleaner metric is,
> because you can put a bowl on the scale, tare it, then add, tare, add, tare
> etc. until done. You don't have to wash up a bunch of greasy or otherwise
> soiled cups, etc. Right now there are still recipes calling for ml of this
> ior that, but gradually even liquids are being expressed in grams.
>
>


I agree that the switch to metric measurement was unsuccessful because
Americans were too lazy and/or too scared to learn it. It was like
learning a foreign language, "too much work" for the average person.
I also don't think the government or schools worked hard enough on the
transition to make it palatable.

I remember clearly many of the fears, having to learn new measurements
for travel(km), food (grams, kilos, liters) and even sewing (buying
fabric by the meter?) Oh, noooooo! As a result we have had two or three
more generations who have successfully ignored the concept.

gloria p