NBC refuses to use meters even for Olympic games (president, superbowl, university)

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

because the vast majority of people watching an american tv channel are americans.
Duh!

Exactly. NBC does not wish to confuse or alienate its audience.


They show the wind speed in MPH and the air temperature is given in Fahrenheit, and they give also distances in units the audience is familiar with.


If the OP was serious about going metric he would also complain about the temperature and the wind speed.

[botticelli]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

we will keep this Metric Nonsense at bay forever if for no other reason that it seems to bug the hell out of sniveling girlymen of the world to no end...

Yes, along with Myanmar and Liberia, the only two other "masculine" nations in the world.

[yueng-ling]

Originally Posted by jtab4994

Exactly. NBC does not wish to confuse or alienate its audience.


They show the wind speed in MPH and the air temperature is given in Fahrenheit, and they give also distances in units the audience is familiar with.


If the OP was serious about going metric he would also complain about the temperature and the wind speed.

No. Wind speed and temperatures are not in official Olympic records so they are less important.

BTW, precision instruments use millimeters (and nanometers) too, in the US. Since someone was talking about landing on the moon...

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by yueng-ling

Jumping, shot put etc. are all in feet and inches. How stupid is that? The ONLY country on earth.

Fortunately they did not convert 400m to 1/4 miles.

People seem blissfully unaware that the UK still measures road distances in miles, speeds in MPH, and sells beer in pints.

It isn't just the US.

[yueng-ling]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

People seem blissfully unaware that the UK still measures road distances in miles, speeds in MPH, and sells beer in pints.

It isn't just the US.

We are talking about Olympics.

China uses local units too (especially when selling food), but never in places like Olympic games.

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

People seem blissfully unaware that the UK still measures road distances in miles, speeds in MPH, and sells beer in pints.

It isn't just the US.

escape while you can!


it's too late for the rest of us

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by yueng-ling

China uses local units too (especially when selling food), but never in places like Olympic games.

How do you know what the Chinese media is telling people back home, in Mandarin?

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by yueng-ling

No. Wind speed and temperatures are not in official Olympic records so they are less important.

NBC is not the official keeper of Olympic records. They are talking to people casually watching on TV.


What's your real beef? Do you have a table of Olympic records that you're constantly checking, and are you perturbed that you have to keep doing conversions?

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by jtab4994

How do you know what the Chinese media is telling people back home, in Mandarin?

Originally Posted by jtab4994

What's your real beef? Do you have a table of Olympic records that you're constantly checking, and are you perturbed that you have to keep doing conversions?

OK, I get it. The OP is Chinese and is mad that NBC is using units of measure that are natural for 100 million viewers, but not for him.


Case closed.

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by jtab4994

OK, I get it. The OP is Chinese and is mad that NBC is using units of measure that are natural for 100 million viewers, but not for him.


Case closed.

believe the OP is female