A glimmer of hope

[mklotz]

The only way to fix the problem is to fully adopt the metric system, teach only that in the schools, and wait for all the dinosaurs to die out.

Nomenclature systems, of which this is an example, are not part of measurement systems but all the countries that use the metric system use sensible, size-based nomenclatures for things like sheet, wire, drills and taps. Adopting the metric system, a good thing in its own right, would naturally lead to use of these sensible nomenclatures once the old Luddites are gone.