[Low-Tech] Smallsword with the Bronze Age 'Rapier?'

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Originally Posted by DanHoward

It is just the USA, Liberia, and Myanmar now. All Commonwealth countries are metric. The main holdouts in other countries are people who were educated before the 1970s.

Originally Posted by Þorkell

The UK seems to be in some weird in between mode. Distances on road signs are in miles, weight of people are in pounds and stone. Speed limits seem to be in miles per hour. As far as I can see they use Celcius to measure heat.

Commonwealth countries are more complex in their measuring that first meets the eye. They all have weird holdouts in specific industries and contexts. Its actually fairly fun reading (at least for me). For example, the Canadian Railroad and Construction industries still operate in imperial units. There are also places that are on paper metric but are as likely to use imperial as long as you aren't in a legal context, like Guyanna.


But yes, converting is painful. At least in the gaming context you don't have to be that precise, so you can get away with 1lb = 0.4kg or even 1 yard = 1 meter.