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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.

Yes. The British Standard Whitworth thread dates back to the Archimedes
Screw. ;-)

But the Trumpites don't refer to their measurements as Imperial.

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