To be precise, they are "units outside SI", "not-SI units", or
"non-SI units", for persons who have learned of the worldwide adoption of SI. 
School children should learn of this almost universal status of SI. 

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:07:13 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]>  
>Subject: [USMA:47870] Re: metric units vs. traditional or pre-metric units  
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>...
>   What term should describe them
>   generically is open.
>...

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