Re: [OT] Languages and the metric system

On 2024-08-28, Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote:

On 28/08/2024 13:24, Simon Clubley wrote:

On 2024-08-27, Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:

>
In the world of aviation, and that isn't such a small world, the standard is
English.  If there is a pilot in the area that requests all communications are
in English, then that is the rule, at least as I remember it.  That way everyone
knows what everyone else is saying, and doing.
>

 
Interesting you bring that up. Not directly related to language, but the
aviation world is now officially metric. It's just that for now, you are
allowed to keep the current units for legacy purposes.
 

The aviation world is not metric.
>

Oh yes it most certainly is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization#International_System_of_Units

In the UK we use feet for altitude, knots for speed, nautical miles for
distance, HectoPascals (millibars) for pressure, and gallons (UK or US)
or litres for fuel
Hardly metric!
>

Most of those are now considered to be legacy units. Read my comment
above again. :-)

Simon.

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