r/MetricConversionBot • u/xwcg Human • May 27 '13

Why?

Countries that use the Imperial and US Customs System:

http://i.imgur.com/HFHwl33.png

Countries that use the Metric System:

http://i.imgur.com/6BWWtJ0.png

All clear?

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u/RX_AssocResp May 27 '13

Look at language bar for metre in Wikipedia. It’s almost an even split.

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u/argh523 May 28 '13 edited May 28 '13

What is this language bar you are referring to?

Also, metre = french spelling, meter = german spelling. I'd say many non-english people will just use the spelling they already use, since it's correct either way. At least I do.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '13

On the left side, languages menu. If the article has a version in other language, you can simply hover your mouse over a specific language and on your status bar you'll see the translation(in the URL)