New here :-)

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Tue Mar 6 02:44:00 2001

On Mar 5, 17:22, Will Jennings wrote:
> Uhh, why are they being called "American" units? It's the English system
of
> measurement, even if America is (or is close to being) its last user..

'cos many of the units (especially liquids) are different sizes from the
English ones :-)

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York

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