[cjs_ac]

> U.S. customary (the more accurate name for what’s sometimes the called the British Imperial system)

For those wondering why there is this distinction, the British Imperial units were created by the Weights and Measures Act 1824; US customary units follow the Winchester Standard of 1588.

[pjc50]

And in a few places they're different (US measuring "cup" vs UK, US gallon, etc)

edit: ref https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfnjb7h

[ch_123]

As someone who generally uses metric units, but grew up around English Imperial units - if an American says that a person weighs a certain number of pounds, I need to convert to stone and pounds in my head in order to get a meaningful mental model of how much that person weighs.

[beardyw]

UK doesn't use cups in recipes and fuel is dispensed in litres.

Road signs are still in miles.