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The US mile is different from the UK mile and US gallons are sufficiently different from UK gallons. Yes, our measurement system is almost entirely homegrown at
by yardie 4y ago
The US mile is different from the UK mile and US gallons are sufficiently different from UK gallons. Yes, our measurement system is almost entirely homegrown at this point.
- vel0city 4y agoI wish the pub down the street served UK pints :(
- joshuaissac 4y agoThe UK had multiple incompatible measures with the same name. The 'imperial' measures were the result of a standardisation of these measures. The US gallon is the same as the now-defunct English 'wine gallon'. The US mile was similarly the same as the UK statute mile, until it was indirectly redefined in terms of the metric metre in 1893. So at least the two examples given are not homegrown.