Comments on: AmeriNZ 227 – Still Winter

By: Roger Green

Roger Green — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:18:35 +0000

I should have specified – not only did I contact the National Institute of Standards and Technology, I contacted their Weights and Measures Division!
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nada – if they say there’s no term for US measurements, that’s the final word for me.

By: Maupassant

Maupassant — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:38:13 +0000

The only major difference I remember between US and the old Imperial measure was US quart = 32 oz, Imp. quart = 40 oz. This always seemed to matter in a few ways: 1: milk cartons held 5 cups, 2: a pint of beer was 20 oz. Imperial, vs 16 oz. US, and 3: the price of a gallon of gas was not directly comparable between Canada & the US. The most important thing was: if you were sold a “pint” of beer, did it really have 20 oz., or were you being ripped off? Grocery store signs still specify produce in price per lb. as well as per kg. (the real price), out of tradition. Or maybe because it sounds cheaper.

Canada has been metric now for 40 yrs.

I think the US system was sometimes referred to (in the context of tools, particularly) as the SAE system (Society of Automotive Engineers).

Maupassant

By: Roger Green

Roger Green — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:01:38 +0000

You talkin’ to me?
Probably.
I called NIST and asked: there IS no standardized nomenclature for US measurements. I’m shocked.