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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Iirc a ship was carrying the metric standards to the US in like 1790 and sank and they just said fuck it

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Which other colonies use imperial?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the meantime to "take advantage of Brexit" it will be possible to sell wine by the pint... A push to go back to the imperial system was axed though. Maybe brexiters should move to the US if they like the imperial system so much.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

use English as an official language for EU Brexit

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