On: English Units of Measure

[robin_reala]

Of course, the title should be 'Old english units of measure'. England started officially becoming metric in 1965 (with a few exceptions like road signs and pints of beer).

[halo → robin_reala]

Confusingly, the US system commonly referred as "English units" differs from the traditional English Imperial unit used before metrication in several key ways - the most notable difference being the US units of liquid volume being notably smaller than their Imperial counterparts.

[robin_reala → halo]

Oh, the US refers to it as English Units does it? That explains a lot. In the UK one talks about the two systems as being Metric and Imperial.

[sp332 → robin_reala]

In America, at least when I was in school not long ago, they're still referred to as English units.