But
the US uses 'English' units for everything. Which is a bit ironic as, for example, the US gallon is only about 5/6 of the imperial gallon, and hence not English at all.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:26, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

If they went over to Metric units
They may stop crashing into Mars with their space probes.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:33, Reply)

Ooh, very topical eleven years ago.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:52, Reply)

Not topical...
We are here discussing imperial and metric units, cutting edge topicallity. I hope we have a thread about the Weimar Republic later.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 14:03, Reply)

Do Americans use imperial?
This is something I admit I have never thought about. I know gallons are used but what about lbs and ozs? Feet? Dare I mention the hundredweight?
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:36, Reply)

Yup
They use feet, inches, pounds and ounces (although yards and stones are seen less frequently), miles, and fluid ounces (which are different from imperial fl oz, hence the differing pints and gallons).
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:40, Reply)

Well
I'll be damned.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:41, Reply)

A pint here
is 16 fluid ounces, whereas in the UK it's 20.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 17:05, Reply)