I don't read as much fic as I used to but one "tell" for non Canadians writing us, besides the etransfer, is the units you use to describe us measuring something. I hate to tell you this but The Chart is real and it's completely subconscious. Please abide
ETA the chart (or at least a version of it):
ETA2: we do use inches/miles in poetic ways ("he was lost in thought/miles away" or "his lips were a bare inch away").
Also, the length of a dick is in inches for SURE.
I still remember this French exchange student who came to Canada and said to me in exasperation, "I thought you did metric!" We do, just not always.
The thing is, I'd say we are bilingual in measurements, but I can only do my height in inches and feet, cm and meters mean nothing to me if it's a human. I have to convert with math (I do know my own height in both). If I'm told a human's weight in kg I have literally no picture in my head of how they might look. Tell me in pounds and I'm good. Tell me the day's temperature in F and I won't know how to dress.
We really do measure travel distances in time. I live 2 and a half hours away from my parents. No idea how many kms. That's not important. The important part is the time.
If I will defend anything imperial, it's cups and spoons. Best way to bake in my humble opinion. Trying to bake in metric has too many hundreds of ml.
