The US doesn't use Imperial units though! They use the US customary system (if that's quite the right term): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customa

The US doesn't use Imperial units though! They use the US customary system (if that's quite the right term): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units Though either way, you are quite right that the US has little influence on the UK in this respect.