On 17/02/2021 15:16, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:
The americans ''got to the moon'' using imperial linear measurements,
but they had trouble with volume tho'..7 UK pints to an american
gallon.

It's their cheese-paring short-measure pint: 16 Fl Oz instead of 20.
Still 8 US pints to a US gallon, though.

But IIRC our US cousins are traditionalists. They are using the imperial
measurements from independence times. It was the UK that changed them
later.

Surely you, being against aligning with any other countries, approve of
this?

The UK did not change and the US was not more traditionalist. There were
many different gallons and the US and UK just happened to standardise on
different ones.

The UK standardised (roughly) on the Ale Gallon, while the US
standardised on the Wine Gallon - both of which were one of many
different gallons used in the UK until they were abolished by the 1924 act.