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As noted already, being a Canadian engineering student but having worked in the manufacturing industry with close ties to the US, it's kinda like being bilingual in units. Having said that, depending on the context, I find it easier to work in one unit or the other. I know exactly what a 4-thou (") in machining looks and feels like, but the equivalent 0.1mm is harder to conceptualise.
The first question I had for instructors in the UK when I started doing masters was "do you still use the imperial system"? Thankfully, they don't, but I still see it on vintage bicycles, cars and other old things occasionally. Also thankfully, they switched over to a cent-based (but don't call them cents, it's pennies!!) currency system some time ago, although even people in early 30's seem to remember the good old days with shillings, etc.
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