<<I wonder if usage for larger areas in the UK (aside from real estate
transactions) is trending toward metric only, namely, hectares and square
kilometers exclusively.>>
'fraid not - especially hectares - most people would not understand what an
'ha' is.
I would say that smaller areas are more likely to show metres (I've seen one or
two estate agents including room dimensions in metres in brackets)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [USMA:42095] BBC web site keeps it metric> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008
> 04:24:59 +0000> > > I was pleasantly surprised to see the BBC News web site
> describe the area of the Amazon rain forest being lost in square kilometers:>
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7756241.stm> > (The unpleasant
> surprise was to read about the acceleration in the loss of rain forest. :-(>
> > I switched to the UK version of the site just to be sure they didn't edit
> the wording differently there ..... but the article is exactly the same.> >
> Based on previous articles I've seen, I was bracing myself to see "square
> miles" listed in parentheses afterwards. > > I wonder if usage for larger
> areas in the UK (aside from real estate transactions) is trending toward
> metric only, namely, hectares and square kilometers exclusively.> > Ezra>
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