2003-01-20 A couple of more differences would be that imperial uses/used the long ton and US customary uses the short ton. Also, US Customary still recognises the pre-1960 definition of the inch and foot. They are still used in surveying.
I think if you really look closely at the two "systems", you will find more differences then similarities. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2003-01-20 17:47 Subject: [USMA:24534] RE: Non Metric Recipe Du Jour > Brenton: > > I note that, in your email to Richard Rowand, you refer to "U.S. imperial." > > You should note that U.S. measures and Imperial measures are different and > there is, in fact, no such thing as "U.S. imperial." > > The most commonly accepted term for U.S. measures is "U.S. Customary." It > differs from "Imperial" (which is British) in quite a few ways, including > (but, by no means limited to) the values for pints, quarts, gallons, fluid > ounces, tons, and bushels. And, of course, it does not include the > peculiarly British "stone" and "hundredweight." > > The commonly-accepted term that is applicable to both U.S. and Imperial > measures is "inch/pound." Around here, we use some less acceptable terms, > including FFU (Fred Flintstone Units), for any inch/pound measures, and > WOMBAT (Way Of Measuring Badly in America Today), for U.S. Customary. An > alternative interpretation of WOMBAT (Waste Of Money, Brains And Time) could > be said to apply to inch/pound generally. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Brenton > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 14:12 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:24533] Non Metric Recipe Du Jour > Importance: High > > > I received a reply to my second email sent to Recipe Du Jour. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Rowand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 20 January 2003 22:19 > To: Brenton > Subject: Re: Metric > Importance: High > > > While I personally feel that America should adopt metric usage, my recipe > software doesn't display or figure both imperial and metric. My apologies > for the inconvenience. > > > At 08:48 PM 1/19/03, you wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brenton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2003 12:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Metric > Importance: High > > Dear Sirs, > > RE: http://www.recipedujour.com/ > > I read about your website in an article in our Sunday newspaper. After I > subscribed to your daily recipes, I noted they are all in the US imperial > system. > > As I have been educated on the metric system, I have been frustrated that it > has been necessary for me to change your measurement settings from US > imperial to metric in order to follow the recipes. > > Whilst I understand that the USA is the only major country which has > retained the imperial system of measurement, > Australia and other countries that you send your emails to have been metric > for many decades. I believe your site should also be available in the > metric system for those countries which have made this productive change. > > Could you please advise why your recipes are not available in metric units? > > Regards, > Brenton Conway > PO Box 10021 BC > ADELAIDE SA 5000 > Australia > > Tel: +61 405 448 621 >
