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Originally Posted by Marygrace
When I went to England for eight weeks and the signs had # of Kilometers till the next exit on the highway, I didn't have any idea how long that was. Ya'll may think im an idiot for askin but.....
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England uses a mixture of standards. Just for the record, the signs you saw were in miles, not kilometers. England uses miles and miles per hour. For other measures, they use metric - litres of petrol, etc. But, if you buy a beer, you usually get a pint, and the glass is certified as correct by a government agency. England also uses pounds for currency, but there is no conversion to ounces or grams for the money.
Much of the rest of Europe uses metric units and Euros.