Originally posted by franglais125
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For example, an inch is roughly the width of an adult human thumb. A pound is 7000 wheat or barely grains (where historically that number was probably more significant). A cup is how much water you can fit when cupping your hands. And so on.
All that being said, I still prefer metric. Imperial served its purpose well throughout history but in a day where we actually have legitimate tools with great consistency for measurement, I hope one day the whole world will be 100% metric.
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