Why do Americans spell words like "theatre" with "er" instead of "re" at the end?
36-40, F
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BijouPleasurette · 36-40, F
@Convivial Are they? What's a gallon in America?
Convivial · 26-30, F
@BijouPleasurette US and imperial, British based, gallons are different sizes...i can't remember the exact difference
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Convivial I US Gallon = 0.833 UK (Imperial) Gallon
In modern units used everywhere except the USA, respectively 3.79 and 4.55 litres.
Note that spelling:
Litre and metre are not English but French (the units were invented in 18C France). Easy to remember the correct spelling: "A meter measures, a metre is a measure".
The US Gallon seems to have been an ancient vintner's unit, when many trades had their own "standards" and even units; long before any real attempts to create simple, universal weights and measures. This would be logical because the early settlers had to use casks to carry food and drinking-water on their ships, for their long trans-Atlantic voyages.
In modern units used everywhere except the USA, respectively 3.79 and 4.55 litres.
Note that spelling:
Litre and metre are not English but French (the units were invented in 18C France). Easy to remember the correct spelling: "A meter measures, a metre is a measure".
The US Gallon seems to have been an ancient vintner's unit, when many trades had their own "standards" and even units; long before any real attempts to create simple, universal weights and measures. This would be logical because the early settlers had to use casks to carry food and drinking-water on their ships, for their long trans-Atlantic voyages.