Talk:Mesures usuelles
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I noticed that someone had mentioned a similar system in Germany; the same thing also happened in China (the traditional length unit, the Li, was redefined as 500m; a similar thing happened with the Jin, a traditional weight unit). But although this seemed like the right article to mention this, perhaps there should be a new article on this phenomenon in general, rather than this one which is very France-specific. I'm fairly sure that the Netherlands had/has this sort of system too (my Dutch friends have talked about 500g pounds and 500ml pints), and the Catty article says that that unit has been redefined to 600g in Thailand. So I suspect that this is a feature of many countries who have moved to the metric system from traditional units.
