2002-11-12 The US government calls it "US Customary Units" Even they don't recognise it as a system.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-11-12 18:07 Subject: [USMA:23313] RE: A few questions to all > Jim Elwell wrote in USMA 23290: > > > >So, I guess we can say there is no widely-accepted term for > >"traditional units of measure used in America." > > > > I call the old American system "inch-pound" to distinguish it from > the British "imperial" and the Canadian hybrid system. > > Joseph B. Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071 > >
