[USMA:9606] RE: Morning Edition-NPR of 2000 December 7 at approx. 08:30 EST

[Joseph B. Reid]

John wrote in USMA 9597:

>Another point to make is that Americans are not really familiar with yards.
>Feet is the common unit used.  The only times yards are used, other than
>football, is when something is transliterated from metres.  Changing words
>does not make the meaning clearer.


I don't follow horse racing.  Is it done in feet, yards, furlongs, or what?