In Canada, we live in a country that uses the metric system, however, there are everyday terms thatuses the imperial.What if weconverted those terms to be more Canadian, would they still be quote worthy?

Theclassic quote "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." ¼span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Now if we"Canadian-ize" it, it becomes "a gram of prevention is worth a kilogram ofcure."It loses its finesse.And you can destroy the saying if youconvert it properly "31 grams of prevention is worth 453 grams of cure."

Whatif we asked our friends about their new car.A simple phrase of "how much mileage do you get on a tank,"turns into "how much kilometreage do you get on a tank."It becomes a sentence that does notroll off the tongue, and fails to make sense.

Withthis conversion taking place, people would seem less ambitious at the gym."I'm trying to lose 2.267 kilogramsbefore summer."

Iwould hate to have to go to McDonalds and order a "113 gram'er withcheese."It takes too long to say,and seems like a lot of food.

It'sFriday night, and you and your friends are going to a party.You don't have time to go to the liquorstore, so you ask your friend to pick up a "750ml bottle of C.C."How many shots do you get out ofthat?It just doesn't have thesame panache as saying "pick me up a 26er"

Until we can figure out a better way to use the metric system in everyday sentences, we should just stick to the old sayings.¼/span>