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Thread #115370 Message #2469123
Posted By: peregrina
18-Oct-08 - 10:15 AM
Thread Name: BS: UK can still be Imperial
Subject: RE: BS: UK can still be Imperial
The US did not go metric... not for gallons, not for miles.
The old imperial measures are still more intuitive to many and their origins and their units evolved in relation to human beings and human experience (foot length, stride length, etc). Whereas few people have walked around enough of the globe to experience what unit the meter is a fraction of...