I laughed myself off my sofa watching this. What a laugh. Yes, the UK can be a confusing place. We talk about car journeys in miles, volume of fuel in gallons, drink beer in pint glasses.....but measure buildings in metres, invoice for fabric in metres and order wood in cubic metre bags. I LOVE your freedom of expression. Vive la difference. Life would be really boring if we were all the same. Keep the videos coming, it asks me questions about my own Scottish culture using you as a reflection. Glasgow and the west of Scotland is a wet, cold, dark place in february 2020 and we need some controversy and laughs. Slainthe mhath.
I am a UK mutt and have recently started wearing kilts frequently for normal day wear. I seem to be the only one in my area (Reno, NV). I am of the belief that generic or non-restricted tartans, and even family tartans (provided worn with due respect) can be worn by all. There are a lot of tartans that I really like. Perhaps I just don't know where to look, but I would really like it if you would identify the tartans you are wearing in each video and maybe those you use to illustrate your points as well. Thank you, love the channel.
The UK doesn't, in fact, do things in kilometres (apart from in STEM, but even Americans use metric for STEM). As much as I, as one of the latter generations who was never brought up with imperial, would like us to be fully metric, the inertia of having already had road signage in miles has meant we have never switched over from talking about speeds and distances traveled in common parlance, in terms of miles and miles per hour. such is the case that roads in Ireland (both the North and the Republic, and particularly around the border), have signs to periodically notify drivers as to whether speed limit signs are in mph (as per the UK), or km/h (as per ROI). We also generally talk about our height in feet and inches, although personally I do buck this trend a bit as I prefer giving it in cm to the point where I've plain forgotten exactly how it converts to imperial. In pubs, beer will be (ostensibly) served in pints and half pints, yet spirits and hard liqueurs will be served in ml, not fluid oz. It's just a mess to be honest.
It's the same in Canada although all road signs are metric . The building trades though work on a 4' X 8' module for plywood and other sheeting materials but plywood is sold as...4' X8' x mm thickness ! Other than kilometers and Celsius I still think in Imperial .
Dear old kiltmakers, Imperial measurement are metric: The defenition of 1inch is 25.4 mm. So of the mm changes, the inch changes. The meter, wich is 1000mm, is based on measurements of speed of light in vacuüm, what is unchangeble. Nice to know us wanted to change, but then came the war of ndependance. Kind regards
I was surprised that in Scotland (2017), they use the metric system for the most part, but will revert to the English system for things like speed limit signs, which are in miles per hour. I was told by a native of Skye that the meteorologists use metric for talking about cold temperatures, but revert to Fahrenheit when talking about the summer heat, because it gives the impression of being hotter. :-)
in olden times we measured in feet inches and yards, thus tartan is measured in yards, as you woulden't buy a 2 foot length of tartan, you needed 9 yards, 27 feet to make a kilt, a yard is 3 feet, yards feet inches, pennies shillings and ponds, its our old uk measurements
Simple. Who would want to say "I am wearing a 7.3 meter kilt"? It is the same as whiskey being being in 5th, quart, and 1/2 gallons regardless of what the government requires on the bottle. Their is tradition. Metric system be damned.
Blame the use of meters on the EU. It mandated the use of the metric system. Back in the day, there was a bit of a kerfluffle when Brussels told the British they couldn't sell bananas by the pound and beer by the pint. And if the Scottish mills want to sell on the Continent they have to sell in meters.
In the UK pre-Europe days we used Imperial measurements, that changed when the country made a big mistake (1975) and dived into the "Common Market" that failed on it's founding principles. Now, by law, we have to have metric measurements displayed in shops etc ( barring pubs) and on prroduce , Imperial measurements can still be displayed as secondary information but by law your invoices from Scotland will be in metres. You can request that they also provide Imperial measurements which will probably be in brackets after the metric ones. I believe that the Imperial measurements here differ slightly from those used in the USA?
I laughed myself off my sofa watching this. What a laugh. Yes, the UK can be a confusing place. We talk about car journeys in miles, volume of fuel in gallons, drink beer in pint glasses.....but measure buildings in metres, invoice for fabric in metres and order wood in cubic metre bags. I LOVE your freedom of expression. Vive la difference. Life would be really boring if we were all the same. Keep the videos coming, it asks me questions about my own Scottish culture using you as a reflection. Glasgow and the west of Scotland is a wet, cold, dark place in february 2020 and we need some controversy and laughs. Slainthe mhath.
I am a UK mutt and have recently started wearing kilts frequently for normal day wear. I seem to be the only one in my area (Reno, NV). I am of the belief that generic or non-restricted tartans, and even family tartans (provided worn with due respect) can be worn by all. There are a lot of tartans that I really like. Perhaps I just don't know where to look, but I would really like it if you would identify the tartans you are wearing in each video and maybe those you use to illustrate your points as well. Thank you, love the channel.
The UK doesn't, in fact, do things in kilometres (apart from in STEM, but even Americans use metric for STEM). As much as I, as one of the latter generations who was never brought up with imperial, would like us to be fully metric, the inertia of having already had road signage in miles has meant we have never switched over from talking about speeds and distances traveled in common parlance, in terms of miles and miles per hour. such is the case that roads in Ireland (both the North and the Republic, and particularly around the border), have signs to periodically notify drivers as to whether speed limit signs are in mph (as per the UK), or km/h (as per ROI).
We also generally talk about our height in feet and inches, although personally I do buck this trend a bit as I prefer giving it in cm to the point where I've plain forgotten exactly how it converts to imperial.
In pubs, beer will be (ostensibly) served in pints and half pints, yet spirits and hard liqueurs will be served in ml, not fluid oz.
It's just a mess to be honest.
It's the same in Canada although all road signs are metric . The building trades though work on a 4' X 8' module for plywood and other sheeting materials but plywood is sold as...4' X8' x mm thickness ! Other than kilometers and Celsius I still think in Imperial .
Dear old kiltmakers,
Imperial measurement are metric:
The defenition of 1inch is 25.4 mm. So of the mm changes, the inch changes.
The meter, wich is 1000mm, is based on measurements of speed of light in vacuüm, what is unchangeble.
Nice to know us wanted to change, but then came the war of ndependance.
Kind regards
I was surprised that in Scotland (2017), they use the metric system for the most part, but will revert to the English system for things like speed limit signs, which are in miles per hour. I was told by a native of Skye that the meteorologists use metric for talking about cold temperatures, but revert to Fahrenheit when talking about the summer heat, because it gives the impression of being hotter. :-)
in olden times we measured in feet inches and yards, thus tartan is measured in yards, as you woulden't buy a 2 foot length of tartan, you needed 9 yards, 27 feet to make a kilt, a yard is 3 feet, yards feet inches, pennies shillings and ponds, its our old uk measurements
Originally during the 1500s and on, there was no metric system.
Simple. Who would want to say "I am wearing a 7.3 meter kilt"? It is the same as whiskey being being in 5th, quart, and 1/2 gallons regardless of what the government requires on the bottle. Their is tradition. Metric system be damned.
yards is relative to a walking pace
Suits are measured in inches.
Everywhere.
Blame the use of meters on the EU. It mandated the use of the metric system. Back in the day, there was a bit of a kerfluffle when Brussels told the British they couldn't sell bananas by the pound and beer by the pint. And if the Scottish mills want to sell on the Continent they have to sell in meters.
Keith Robertsson Europe was using metric long before the EU existed.
@@michaellarson7694 Sorry I was so terse. I never meant that Europe didn't use the meter before the EU.
In the UK pre-Europe days we used Imperial measurements, that changed when the country made a big mistake (1975) and dived into the "Common Market" that failed on it's founding principles. Now, by law, we have to have metric measurements displayed in shops etc ( barring pubs) and on prroduce , Imperial measurements can still be displayed as secondary information but by law your invoices from Scotland will be in metres. You can request that they also provide Imperial measurements which will probably be in brackets after the metric ones. I believe that the Imperial measurements here differ slightly from those used in the USA?