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cmelbye
on May 24, 2013
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White House response to the petition requesting a ...
Calling our units imperial is inaccurate and not proper. Our system is called customary. Our measurements were based on British units before they were standardized into imperial units.
mirkules
on May 24, 2013
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To add to this, there are real differences between the imperial and US customary systems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_...
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