alt Hacker NewsAnd 1.125lbs is easier to write than 1 pound 2 ounces, yet Americans will look at you with a blank stare if you don't use ounces.
When it comes to units, you can't please everybody. Especially if it's tangentially related to the old colonies.
And 1.125lbs is easier to write than 1 pound 2 ounces, yet Americans will look at you with a blank stare if you don't use ounces.
When it comes to units, you can't please everybody. Especially if it's tangentially related to the old colonies.
people love to take potshots about how Americans don't know the metric system, but we love our 9mm's and a few grams