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   From: firstname@lastname.oc.ku   
      
   On 1/30/2012 2:56 PM, Andy Champ wrote:   
   > On 29/01/2012 18:45, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:   
   >>> ... except pints and gallons of course. The US "English" system has   
   >>> > never been used in England.   
   >> IIRC, it has. The UK one was changed sometime after US independence. They   
   >> stuck to the old units, understandably.   
   >   
   > I'm prepared to be proved wrong, but a little rummage suggest the US   
   > gallon is based on the English Gallon as used for Wine, and there was no   
   > unified English Gallon.   
   >   
   There were a number of different gallons, used for different things, in   
   different places. And yes, I believe it was the wine gallon.   
      
   > I'm also quite prepared for someone to say British not English...   
   >   
      
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