[USMA:30870] Re: Arnie

[David King]

May I ask why so many Americans refer to imperial units as "English 
units"? They did not originate with the English, they are not all the 
same as the imperial units used in England and as the UK is officially 
metric I would think that the inch-pound-foot etc. units used in the USA 
would be better described as US units. They are never referred to as 
English units in England, only as imperial units, because a lot of them 
originated with the Roman Empire.

David King
Euric wrote:
Arnold may have been born and raised in a metric country, but he is now
totally Americanised.  I'm sure if you asked him his opinion, you'd get a
response of support for English units from him.  Most immigrants try to
conform and go out of their way to become familiar with FFU.  Some
immigrants refused to speak metric to me, even if I spoke metric to them or
asked them to.
Being from a metric country does not automatically assume metric support.
Euric
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From: "David King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, 2004-08-27 18:09
Subject: [USMA:30866] Re: Arnie


Don't forget as well that the Governor grew up in a metric country,
Austria.
And you could ask him to "terminate" the backward thinking move to
imperial units.
David King