May I ask the counterpoint, is there a country anywhere that uses only metric ISO units? Here in Canada we still put $/lb on food items, In the UK all the road signs are in Miles and speedometers are in Miles/hour and I do not know of anywhere that the weather report is given in Kelvin, as it should be. Is it just me or does a balmy 293K sounds much better that 20C.
We put the price in pounds in Canada because it makes things seem cheaper. 99 cents/lb for apples seems a lot better than $2.18/kg... however, the price is usually (and it may be required by law) displayed in $$/kg on the sign as well, usually in smaller print. Furthermore, the price that comes up on the till will be in $$/kg and the price listed on the receipt as well in $$/kg. It's really just a marketing ploy displaying the price on the sign in lbs... I doubt it'd make any difference to anyone if all the signs were changed to display the price only in $$/kg, at least once everyone got over the initial sticker shock.
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