alt Hacker NewsAmericans don't claim to use imperial weights and measures; they use customary weights and measures, which were also used in the UK prior to the creation of imperial units with the Weights and Measures Act 1824.
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dghf • yesterday at 8:12 PM
Many Americans do claim to use imperial units. They’re wrong, but they do claim it.
alnwlsn • yesterday at 5:30 PM
The (incorrect) claim is indeed made in every single metric vs "imperial" comments section I've come across.
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There are many people in America who do not know the difference, the mistake is fairly common.