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[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

No we are a mixed people thank you very much

[-] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I thought you guys were independent?

Why do you need a former master to tell you to switch?

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

The US wanted to rid itself of as much English influence as possible, she even changed the spelling. Odd that she held on to Imperial.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Imperial is slightly different. We use US customary measures.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

This is one of my favorite facts.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

You forgot "and we continue to use Imperial and archaic things like 'stone' " too.

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