Jim Elwell wrote: >Now that Bill has explained FFU, IFP and WOMBAT, allow me to put >in my two cents. I don't like any of these,
Nor me. For similar reasons. >So, I guess we can say there is no widely-accepted term for >"traditional units of measure used in America." Definitive US government publications use the term 'inch-pound'. I am comfortable with that. The term 'inch/pound' is less satisfactory because 'metric/inch-pound' is clearer in meaning than 'metric/inch/pound'.
