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Xena E:
Dau ddiwylliant wedi'u gwahanu gan iaith gyffredin....Wrth gwrs y peth sy'n berwi piss goruchafwr Americanaidd yn fwy na dim yw eu hatgoffa mai Saesneg yw'r iaith maen nhw'n ei siarad....

luudee:

Of course, this also never gets old !

Please, I don't intend top offend anybody, it's a funny thing I found on the net ...

In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade—which is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighing the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it. Whereas in the American system, the answer to ‘How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?’ is ‘Go fuck yourself,’ because you can’t directly relate any of those quantities.

 :-DD :-DD :-DD
Cheers,
rudi

Xena E:
Thanks for that Rudi :)

Another gift the British gave America! the system of imperial measurements that the British themselves have even largely jettisoned in favor of the metric system: which although itself isn't perfect, is almost infinitely better: no freaking conversion factors.

President Jimmy Carter tried to introduce the metric system in the US for general everyday use, however that was viewed as heresy, so he just gave up, and Ronnie Regan wouldn't have such commie bullshit and abolished the Metric Board completely: (Congress had passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, under president Ford, which declared metric as the preferred system of the United States, and the U.S. Metric Board was created to implement the conversion).

All because of the English wreck of a system of weights and measures that the US still likes to cling on to

(You're welcome)

TimFox:
Once again, an ignorant comment from a foreigner about American weights and measures.
1.  The United States went officially metric in 1959 (but forgot to tell anyone).
2.  Current US law (from 1975) requires metric units on retail packaging, but allows "customary units" (such as ounces) on the label in the same type size.
3.  "Imperial Units" are a feature of the British Empire and Commonwealth.  The United States has "customary units" that are similar but not identical.
4.  The most important historical difference between Imperial Units and US customary units is probably the gallon:  The US customary gallon is 3.8 liters, while the Imperial Gallon is 4.54 liters.
5.  The US President who abolished the Metric Board, absent popular clamor for metric adoption, is spelled "Reagan".  "Regan" is one of the evil daughters in "King Lear".

IanB:

--- Quote from: TimFox on November 14, 2023, 06:41:04 pm ---4.  The most important historical difference between Imperial Units and US customary units is probably the gallon:  The US customary gallon is 3.8 liters, while the Imperial Gallon is 4.54 liters.
--- End quote ---

Some may be unaware that the Imperial gallon is a decimal unit, since 1 Imp. gal. weighs exactly 10 lb by definition  ;D

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