On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:45:37 +0000, newshound
wrote:


I'm just waiting for the Brexiters to say we should ditch all this
Froggy metric stuff and get back to proper Imperial units (like they
still use in Trumpland).

Isn't there a case for the them being called Imperial because they
originated in Imperial Rome rather than the days of the British
Empire.

G.Harman