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 Thu 25 Jan 18 18:12 
 2018 irritations. - Cliff Pope
>> "What does intrigue me though why both USA and UK retained imperial system."
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They don't. We all used the Queen Anne system, and the Americans continue to do so.
But we revised ours some time soon after American independence, to new slightly different Imperial units.

Hence different pints, quarts and gallons, and possibly other measures too - I don't know.
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