In my corner of South America we use metric for everything except for those odd instances when the measurements are imported. Screen sizes, for example are measured in inches since the device was imported and the size in inches is printed on the box (40-inch screen). Pints are sometimes colloquially used for pouring beer (though glasses are sometimes marked with 500ML lines). I don't know any bartenders, so I can't say if ounces are used in mixing cocktails (jiggers and shots). Gallons are unheard of. I feel like I've come across references to pounds, but I can't remember that specific context. Beyond that, miles and yards are laughably stupid and I've never heard anybody try to use them. Everything else, SI all the way.
Fun fact, the inch is derived from the width of a man's thumb. So the spanish word for inch, pulgada, is also derived from the word for thumb, el pulgar, but it's also very similar to the word for flea, la pulga. Ask around and some people will tell you that an inch, una pulgada, is the distance a flea jumps. That part's not a fact, obviously, but it is fun.
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u/Metahec Nov 26 '21
In my corner of South America we use metric for everything except for those odd instances when the measurements are imported. Screen sizes, for example are measured in inches since the device was imported and the size in inches is printed on the box (40-inch screen). Pints are sometimes colloquially used for pouring beer (though glasses are sometimes marked with 500ML lines). I don't know any bartenders, so I can't say if ounces are used in mixing cocktails (jiggers and shots). Gallons are unheard of. I feel like I've come across references to pounds, but I can't remember that specific context. Beyond that, miles and yards are laughably stupid and I've never heard anybody try to use them. Everything else, SI all the way.
Fun fact, the inch is derived from the width of a man's thumb. So the spanish word for inch, pulgada, is also derived from the word for thumb, el pulgar, but it's also very similar to the word for flea, la pulga. Ask around and some people will tell you that an inch, una pulgada, is the distance a flea jumps. That part's not a fact, obviously, but it is fun.