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Originally Posted by Bill_56
Agreed, that's my understanding.
Actually though, and moving on, I may have thought of a compromise...
...If the English-speaking nations that currently use the Imperial system were to adopt metric measurements in the cause of the common good, how the non-English speaking nations show a bit of give-and-take by requiring their citizens to adopt the English language which (the US version at least) is probably already the most universally understood language of international science and commerce?
A common system of measurements (metric) and a single Global language (English) would have huge and undeniable benefits, would it not?
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Can I just point something out though, the majority of English these days can barely speak it. I mean have you seen or listened to some of it?